backhouse

[ bak-hous ]

/ ˈbækˌhaʊs /

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noun, plural back·hous·es

[bak-hou-ziz]. /ˈbækˌhaʊ zɪz/.

a building behind the main building, often serving a subsidiary purpose.

a privy; outhouse.

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Origin of backhouse

First recorded in 1550–60; back¹ + house

Words nearby backhouse

backhand, backhanded, backhander, backhaul, backhoe, backhouse, backie, back in circulation, backing, backing dog, backing light

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How to use backhouse in a sentence

Lunched with Backhouse in a delicious garden under a spreading fig tree; then rode back.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
It is said by Backhouse, that his parties killed thirty, and captured five.
The History of Tasmania , Volume II (of 2)|John West
John Backhouse took no step, and for nine months nothing was heard of his daughter.
Robert Elsmere|Mrs. Humphry Ward
Mrs. Thornburgh, however, could not apply herself to the case of Mary Backhouse.
Robert Elsmere|Mrs. Humphry Ward

Backhouse observed one especially, whose features had a Jewish cast, and reminded him of the popular pictures of Abraham!
The History of Tasmania , Volume II (of 2)|John West

British Dictionary definitions for backhouse

backhouse

/ (ˈbækˌhaʊs) /

noun

Canadian another word for outhouse

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