privy

• The privy is a dark winding recess, about 6 feet from front to back, taken out of the solid castle walls. —  The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account
• Westminster Abbey was a mob of dukes, statesmen, privy-councillors, and men of countless acres. —  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847
• He was a democrat always When he saw that I was blushing, he turned obstinately toward Bálnokházy, to reply for me But I was not the only one who read his thoughts in his eyes; another also read therein, and before he could have spoken, my beautiful aunt took the words out of his mouth, and with lofty dignity replied to her husband Methinks the baker is just as good a man as the privy councillor I shivered at the bold statement. —  Debts of Honor
• Soon after supper she found an opportunity to go to the privy, and told her lover to take care, for God's sake, and not cough like that Alas, my dear," he said, "I cannot help it. —  Cent nouvelles nouvelles
• Some wolves were seen to-day on the sandbeaches to the south; we also procured an excellent fruit, resembling a red currant, growing on a shrub like the privy, and about the height of a wild plum August 22. —  History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6.

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