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

Begum sits now amid the misery and the muck of the camps as the stench from a nearby latrine wafts by, wishing she could hear her children call her “mother” one more time.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 12, 2023

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

And our own latrine, which was only one step removed.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver