shouse

See also: Shouse and s'house

English

Alternative forms

• s'house

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.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:outhouse

Anagrams

• houses