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  • noun Plural form of outhouse.

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Examples

  • She should wear shoes at all times when outdoors and, if she is an avid camper, remind her to be extra careful in outhouses!

    Spider Bites 2010

  • · Make latrines or 'outhouses' - and teach children to use them.

    Chapter 28 1993

  • We were still shitting in outhouses 100 years ago.

    Think Progress » New Study: All Warming Is Not Created Equal 2006

  • After their tour, the outhouses will be auctioned off to benefit medical research and the Western Art Museum in Kerrville.

    Thunderboxes « You Got to be Kidding's Blog 2009

  • I remember playing “Cowboys and Indians,” westerns, and calling outhouses “Indian toilets” a term my parents came up with when we were camping for some reason I can no longer find out about whereas my students would say Native Americans, are very aware of the importance of respectfulness, and tend to be unaware of the careless behaviors that I recall from my past and are in this story.

    2009 October 10 « educating alice 2009

  • I remember playing “Cowboys and Indians,” westerns, and calling outhouses “Indian toilets” a term my parents came up with when we were camping for some reason I can no longer find out about whereas my students would say Native Americans, are very aware of the importance of respectfulness, and tend to be unaware of the careless behaviors that I recall from my past and are in this story.

    Thoughts on Newbery: Retrospective Voice « educating alice 2009

  • In one of the "outhouses" which constituted the servants 'quarters, in that which common parlance denominated the "back-yard" at "Elm

    At the Mercy of Tiberius 1872

  • In the slums of Mumbai, home to more than half the city's population of 14 million, the yearning for toilets is so great that enterprising residents have built makeshift outhouses on their own.

    India: Toilets Are Scarce, And Highly Desirable AP 2010

  • They put up clapboard shacks, dug pits and set up makeshift outhouses.

    Tim Giago: The Tough Transition From Indian Reservation To City Tim Giago 2011

  • They put up clapboard shacks, dug pits and set up makeshift outhouses.

    Tim Giago: The Tough Transition From Indian Reservation To City Tim Giago 2011

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