outdoor privy

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• privy vault — The walled in space below an outdoor privy. Not a water closet, since no supply of water is maintained for flushing it. Commonwealth v Roberts, 155 Mass 281, 29 NE 522 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• privy — 1. adjective /ˈpɹɪ.vi/ a) Private, exclusive; that is ones own. The king retreated to his privy chamber. b) Secret, hidden, concealed. Nonetheless, in the dark and privy stillness of our minds there are few of us who are not still haunted by… …   Wiktionary

• privy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. personal, secret; privy to, apprised of, informed of, posted on, in on, on to (inf.), wise to (inf.). See concealment, speciality. Ant., public, impersonal. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. confidential …   English dictionary for students

• privy — n. an outdoor toilet; any toilet. □ Uncle Paul was out in the privy. □ Where’s the privy around here? …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• privy — adj 1. privy to informed of, apprised of, cognizant of, aware of, in on; Inf. in the know, Inf. wise to, Inf. hep to, Inf. on to. 2. private, personal, own, close, intimate; individual, particular, singular, peculiar, special, especial; reserved …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• privy — priv·y || prɪvɪ n. lavatory, crude outdoor toilet, outhouse adj. confidential, secret; clandestine, covert; private, intended only for a particular individual …   English contemporary dictionary

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• Timothy Eaton — (1834 ndash; January 31, 1907) was a Canadian businessman who founded the Eaton s department store, one of the most important retail businesses in Canada s history. He was born in Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, of a Protestant… …   Wikipedia

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• jakes — /jayks/, n. (usually used with a pl. v.) Chiefly Dial. 1. an outdoor privy; outhouse. 2. a toilet or bedpan. [1525 35; < F Jacques, proper name; cf. JOHN] * * * …   Universalium

• backhouse — [bak′hous΄] n. an outdoor privy; outhouse …   English World dictionary