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- noun Plural form of
privy .
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Examples
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Ifn he ain't any better at diggin 'than at drivin' he'll finish up cleanin 'out privies, which is all he good for anyways.
Flash For Freedom Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1971
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Ifn he ain't any better at diggin 'than at drivin' he'll finish up cleanin 'out privies, which is all he good for anyways.
Flash For Freedom Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1971
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As has been seen, ruins and impure places such as privies and Hammám-baths are the favourite homes of the
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As has been seen, ruins and impure places such as privies and Hammám-baths are the favourite homes of the Jinn.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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In Jerusalem, with its fetid atmosphere of intellectual decay, everyone, from the master and his wife to the nightsoil man who empties the college privies, has their eye on the main chance.
The Anatomy of Ghosts by Andrew Taylor – review Clare Clark 2010
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I rode shotgun with Buffalo Bob as we drove from place to place maintaining the campground privies, and manned the pump hose on that detail.
Buffalo Bob and the Honey Dipper Michael Gillan Maxwell 2011
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I suspect that either the state or the county has a sanitary code for septic tanks and privies.
The Volokh Conspiracy » County Judge’s Response to Complaint About Hunters Defecating in the Woods 2010
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"Whole buildings," we are told, "seemed to sweat as condensation formed on every wall, and the stench — always terrible — even in the depths of winter frosts — reached new heights of toxicity, flowing up from the sewers, privies, and yards, and filling the halls, stairways and airshafts like a rising tide."
A Gangster Goes to War Winston Groom 2010
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This is when privies and septic tanks become useful.
The Volokh Conspiracy » County Judge’s Response to Complaint About Hunters Defecating in the Woods 2010
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His book on the Oratory goes into great detail on the ways he designed burglar-proof rooftops, privies – 'made with much art' – as hygienic as they could be for the time, rooms shaped to prevent breezes blowing out processional candles . . .
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