outhouse

Example Sentences

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We used candles, pumped water and had an outhouse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

Squish Factor – The outhouse at the dogsledding camp was surprisingly roomy and very clean!

From Salon • Jul. 20, 2025

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

They practice in the ruins of a farm outhouse, poking rifles round empty doorways before edging warily past.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2024

Get one riled, and he’d slap his big tail and give off a stench as ferocious as an outhouse in August.

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate