privies
- plural of privy.
Example Sentences
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Privies, especially in the south, are in terrible shape.
From Time Magazine Archive
In making Choice of Houses for Hospitals, particular Regard ought to be had to the Privies or Necessaries; because, where their Smell is offensive, there is always Danger of infectious Disorders.
From An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany by Monro, Donald
Privies are so rare here that they are either filled up every day, or are too remote for most of the inhabitants to use.
From The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 by Kelley, Florence
