| 单词 | earth closet |
| 释义 | > as lemmasearth closet earth closet n. a lavatory in which dry earth is used to cover excrement; cf. water closet n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > [noun] > specific outside piss-house1665 dunnekin1790 earth closet1863 garden house1888 dunny1924 long drop1963 1863 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 24 115 Mr. Young..has for two years had an earth-closet in a small room within ten feet of that used by his lodgers..as a dining room. 1917 H. W. Conn Bacteria, Yeasts, & Molds in Home (rev. ed.) viii. 117 They are immensely numerous in the vicinity of earth closets or privies, and the soil near sink drains and manure heaps is filled with them. 1964 L. Woolf Beginning Again I. 60 An earth closet discretely, but ineffectively, hidden in a grove of cherry laurels. 2004 Daily Tel. 17 Nov. 16/6 I built my own earth closet—essentially a commode with a bucket inside, and a supply of dried earth from the garden. < as lemmas |
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