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netty

/ ˈnɛtɪ /

noun

  1. dialect.
    a lavatory, originally an earth closet
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of netty1

of obscure origin
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Example Sentences

I fancied us as two characters in a Beastie Boys video, especially when we dressed up and had date night at Netty’s on Silver Lake Boulevard.

"We cannot go as activists to serve people in these areas because we are afraid, and they cannot come to us," she said, pointing to lack of resources and the killing of fellow activist Antoinette "Netty" Duclaire.

From Reuters

In the early hours of June 30, I received news of the brutal killing of Antoinette Duclaire, known as Netty, a young Haitian journalist and feminist activist who I had last seen marching during a protest.

Yet I am also reminded of Netty Duclaire, her courage and strength of mind, and of the many others, younger and older, who are determined to fight for a better system where every life is invaluable.

Climate protestors Katrina Laurie, 41, and Netty Draper, 60, who have spent years campaigning against fracking in the area met the Labour leader in a makeshift shelter where they made him a cup of tea and told him they had been “through hell”.

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