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backhouse
[ bak-hous ]
noun
, plural back·hous·es [bak, -hou-ziz].
- a building behind the main building, often serving a subsidiary purpose.
- a privy; outhouse.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of backhouse1
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Example Sentences
Lunched with Backhouse in a delicious garden under a spreading fig tree; then rode back.
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It is said by Backhouse, that his parties killed thirty, and captured five.
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John Backhouse took no step, and for nine months nothing was heard of his daughter.
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Mrs. Thornburgh, however, could not apply herself to the case of Mary Backhouse.
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Backhouse observed one especially, whose features had a Jewish cast, and reminded him of the popular pictures of Abraham!
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