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shit house

shit house is the alternative spelling of shithouse.

Meaning of shithouse

Noun

shithouse (plural shithouses)

  1. (slang, vulgar) An outhouse, an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
    • He would rather slop out his Punjabis' shithouses than kiss the arse of some limp-wristed war profiteer in Civvy Street, thank you.2004, John Le Carre, Absolute Friends, page 36
  2. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang, vulgar) A coward; one who is overly fearful or timid.
  3. (slang, vulgar) A filthy place.
    • You will be less amused when I ask you when you will take your turn cleaning out this shithouse.1987, Martin Caidin, Exit Earth, page 559

See all 5 meanings of shithouse

Forms of shit house

pluralshit houses

Questions about shit house

What is shit house the alternative spelling of?
Shit house is the alternative spelling of shithouse.

Words near shit house in the dictionary

  1. shit goblins
  2. shit happens
  3. shit heel
  4. shit heels
  5. shit hot
  6. shit house
  7. shit houses
  8. shit in someone's cereal
  9. shit in someone's Cheerios
  10. shit in someone's cornflakes
  11. shit it in

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shit house (page history and authors); shithouse (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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