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

In Turkey last August, Judd said she met with both Turkish families and refugees living in tents and containers “with one semi-functioning latrine for hundreds of people.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 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

Under a mango tree a few meters from the yard was the latrine and the kule—open-air shower.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah