outhouse

Example Sentences

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We used candles, pumped water and had an outhouse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

He threw himself into the project, spending a week installing a 2,600-gallon water tank, an outhouse and a plywood shack to sleep in with stud walls and a steel door.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2024

Slauson appeared in The Seattle Times in 2006 after a landslide diverted the river through his front yard, taking his driveway, outhouse and shed with it.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 17, 2024

They hired VJL Builders to do the work, a contract worth £68,000 to build an extension and convert an outhouse into a garage.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2024

If he’d built his house like he built his outhouse, he might still be alive today.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney