latrine

Example Sentences

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Men carry buckets of water for the communal kitchens and improvised latrines while women stir massive pots over open flames.

From Barron's

If the calves voluntarily reentered the latrine and urinated, they were again rewarded—but if they relieved themselves outside, they were sprayed with water for three seconds.

From Scientific American

Sanitation is a pressing problem in Tana, where latrines are holes dug into the ground.

From Salon

The fictional character Nalivkin orders up rickety wooden latrines with no internal walls to be installed on every street.

From Washington Post

“I spent so much time in the outhouse long-drop latrine, where I kept a cache of my favorite books, that my father ordered my mother to administer regular and copious doses of castor oil.”

From Washington Post