shouse

See also: Shouse and s'house

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Etymology

A clipping of shithouse.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃaʊs/

Noun

shouse (plural shouses)

  1. (Australia slang) An outhouse; an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
    He sat off on one side, lonesome as a country shouse.
    • 1941, Sidney John Baker, A Popular Dictionary of Australian Slang, page 66:
      Shouse, a privy.

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