latrine

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The parasite analysis focused on sediment taken from a sewer drain connected to the latrine block of a bath complex dating to the 3rd century CE.

From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2025

There was no water, and the stench of the latrine was unbearable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 18, 2025

Allan Sila, 17, said sitting in his classroom is like studying in a smelly latrine.

From Seattle Times • May 5, 2024

The hall’s eventual ruins, which were later attested to as a latrine by the historian Suetonius, are located near and around the square.

From Washington Times • Jun. 20, 2023

There was a ditch thirty or so yards distant that we employed as a latrine.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides