Privy

subs. (colloquial).—An outdoor cesspool.

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1647. FLETCHER, The Noble Gentleman, v. 1.

	But lay all night, for fear of pursuivants,
	In Burgundy PRIVY-HOUSE.

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1662. Rump Songs, i. 105. I hid my self ith’ PRIVY.

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1746. T. WARTON, The Progress of Discontent.

	This awkward hut, o’ergrown with ivy,
	We’ll alter to a modern PRIVY.

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