house of ease
English
Etymology
From the former euphemism do one's ease (“ease one's bowels: defecate”).
Noun
house of ease (plural houses of ease)
- (euphemistic, obsolete) An outbuilding used to ease one's bowels: an outhouse.
- 1734, Jonathan Swift, "Strephon & Cloe" in Beautiful Young Nymph, p. 20:
- Had you but through a Cranny spy'd
On House of Ease your future Bride.
- Had you but through a Cranny spy'd
- 1734, Jonathan Swift, "Strephon & Cloe" in Beautiful Young Nymph, p. 20:
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References
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "ease, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1891.
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