privies
- plural of privy.
Example Sentences
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Three indoor privies were lighted by skylights and ingeniously ventilated by a 150-foot-long lateral tunnel that drew in air and discharged it through adjoining chimneys, providing a continuous draft.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
I never followed up to learn whether it was in time to restock the park privies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2023
While some neighborhoods were wealthy and spacious, others were poor and cramped, their narrow alleys made narrower still by wells and shared privies.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 23, 2020
Some of the nobles who lived in the palace or its grounds would use the hallways to relieve themselves instead of the privies because the latter were so inadequate and far from their rooms.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
Besides how she felt about Miss Love, there was how she felt about kerosene lamps, well water, and privies.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
