petty-house

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English

Etymology

From petty (“anything small; a little house, an outhouse”) + house to clarify the intended sense.

Noun

petty-house (plural petty-houses)

(regional euphemistic) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:bathroom

References

"L32a" in The Linguistic Atlas of England (1978), Routledge.

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