petty-house

English

Etymology

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

Noun

petty-house (plural petty-houses)

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

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:outhouse

References

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