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Meanings of privy in English

Portuguese
banheiro
Catalan
bany
Spanish
baño
Wikidata

A room or building equipped with one or more toilets.

banheiro
Catalan
vàter
Wikidata

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

vàter

Hidden from general view or use.

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Usage of privy in English
1
We council members were privy to a great deal of information, Bornstellar-Makes-Eternal-Lasting.
Fractures - Extraordinary Tales from the Halo Canon
2
However, I was not privy to their internal business arrangements or transactions.
The South African
3
Water dripped in the distance, making her want to use the privy.
Shadow's son
4
John was fibbing; we hadn't excavated a privy at the Chandler house.
Ashes and bones: an emma fielding mystery
5
Hence the plaintiff must always be privy in estate with the covenantee.
The Common Law
6
The affair was referred to the lords of the privy-council of England.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. / Continued fro...
7
ESPN doesn't seem too privy to the reality that men hurt, too.
Ebony
8
But only Edmund was privy to her true nature as a dancer.
The notorious scoundrel
9
So, are you privy to any trade secrets I might find useful?'
The millionaire's rebellious mistress
10
Not that Rocio actually wanted to be privy to such tortured thoughts.
The Naked God
11
But she hadn't actually expected to be made privy to such details.
Wings
12
The following Saturday, Elizabeth received a summons to the Queen's privy chamber.
The lady elizabeth
13
Isabel receives me in her privy chamber with three ladies in waiting.
The Kingmaker’s Daughter
14
I lead my son up the small stairs to my privy chamber.
The King’s Curse
15
He became a privy councillor in 1872 and was made a G.C.B.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
16
This writer professed to detail the substance of the privy council report.
The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abol...
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