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Meanings of earth-closet in English

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A small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate.

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        Usage of earth-closet in English
        1
        The inventor of the earth-closet, Rev.
        American Woman's Home: Or, Principles of Domestic Science; / Bei...
        2
        But you quaint little people with your bonnets and breeches, your horse buggies, your archaic dialect and your earth-closet privies, you enrich our lives.
        The god delusion
        3
        In the circular published by the Earth-Closet Company, the following directions are given:
        American Woman's Home: Or, Principles of Domestic Science; / Bei...
        4
        It is absurd to talk of making "guano" or any concentrated fertilizer out of the material from earth-closets.
        Talks on Manures / A Series of Familiar and Practical Talks Betw...
        5
        The Board of Health officially announced that this was the cause of the sickness, and recommended the removal of the earth-closets.
        A Domestic Problem : Work and Culture in the Household
        Translations for earth-closet
        Earth-closet through the time