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backhouse¹

Where it comes from

From back + house.

noun backhouses · back-house · back house

  1. dialectal An outbuilding behind the main building, or an annex attached to the rear of it; especially, a scullery or washhouse. […] to abstene […] fra all melting […] of talloun within thair bak hous […]
  2. Canada, US, euphemistic An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory. BACK'HOUSE... a necessary.

    Similar: backside

Backhouse²

Where it comes from

From Old English bæchūs (“bakehouse”).

proper noun Backhouses

  1. A surname from Old English.

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@misc{backhouse_2026,
  title = {backhouse},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/backhouse},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}