backhouse

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Noun

backhouse (plural backhouses)

1. (now dialect) An outbuilding behind the main building.
   • 1557, Edinburgh Burgh Records, Vol. III, p. 17:

     […] to abstene […] fra all melting […] of talloun within thair bak hous […]

2. (US, Canada, euphemism) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.

Synonyms

• (outhouse) backside (UK); see also Thesaurus:bathroom

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