latrines
- plural of latrine.
Example Sentences
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Flooding is bringing raw sewage into the streets, as water-management and sanitation infrastructure is destroyed, and improvised latrines spill over.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025
Men carry buckets of water for the communal kitchens and improvised latrines while women stir massive pots over open flames.
From Barron's • Nov. 24, 2025
They’ve been told to buddy up when taking trips to the latrines because of “alligators and Florida panthers and venomous snakes and different types of creatures.”
From Salon • Jul. 17, 2025
Since then, according to Task Force 51, the military has contracted “for sleeping tents, latrines, showers, hand-washing stations, hot meals for breakfast, dinner and a late-night meal, and full laundry service.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2025
The proclamation also stated that the union leaders, with great patriotic spirit, had reduced their demands to two points: a reform of medical services and the building of latrines in the living quarters.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
