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house of ease en · NOUN

Etymology

From the former euphemism do one's ease (“ease one's bowels: defecate”).

Meanings

  1. (euphemistic, obsolete) An outbuilding used to ease one's bowels: an outhouse.
    • Had you but through a Cranny spy'd On House of Ease your future Bride. 1734, “Strephon & Cloe”, in Beautiful Young Nymph, Jonathan Swift, page 20:

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Relateds

do one's ease · house of office · closet of ease · seat of ease

Synonyms

outhouse