latrine

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Researchers collected 50 sediment samples from along the drain, which stretched roughly nine meters and carried waste from a communal latrine into a stream north of the fort.

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

Here are treasures from the Roman latrine to the Tudor garderobe to the Victorian water closet to the elegant “compactum.”

From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2024

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

Our stores are still intact, save for the Anacin tablets taken by our mother and the thimble lost down the latrine hole by Ruth May.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver