backhouse

[ bak-hous ]

noun

, plural back·hous·es [bak, -hou-ziz].

1. a building behind the main building, often serving a subsidiary purpose.
2. a privy; outhouse.

backhouse

/ ˈbækˌhaʊs /

noun

1. another word for outhouse

Word History and Origins

Origin of backhouse¹

First recorded in 1550–60; back ¹ + house

Example Sentences

Lunched with Backhouse in a delicious garden under a spreading fig tree; then rode back.

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It is said by Backhouse, that his parties killed thirty, and captured five.

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John Backhouse took no step, and for nine months nothing was heard of his daughter.

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Mrs. Thornburgh, however, could not apply herself to the case of Mary Backhouse.

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Backhouse observed one especially, whose features had a Jewish cast, and reminded him of the popular pictures of Abraham!

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