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: a receptacle (such as a pit in the earth) for use as a toilet
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The outdoor latrine there is dirty and smelly, Ms. Biziel explains, which is one reason that some girls drop out of school when their periods start.
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Kang-Chun Cheng, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Dec. 2024
Josephina’s welcome to Fort Bliss is characteristically cold and all the more abrasive by the lack of privacy in the open bunk, co-ed showers, and open latrine.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
In 2022 and then in 2023, separate hikers fell into trailhead toilets and became trapped in the last place anyone would ever want to explore: an outdoor latrine’s holding chamber.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 26 Oct. 2024
These include safe drinking water from mobile water treatment plants, jerry cans, hygiene kits, more than 3.7 million water purification tablets, floating latrines and temporary tube wells.
—Sarah Ferguson, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
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Kang-Chun Cheng, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Dec. 2024
Josephina’s welcome to Fort Bliss is characteristically cold and all the more abrasive by the lack of privacy in the open bunk, co-ed showers, and open latrine.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
In 2022 and then in 2023, separate hikers fell into trailhead toilets and became trapped in the last place anyone would ever want to explore: an outdoor latrine’s holding chamber.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 26 Oct. 2024
These include safe drinking water from mobile water treatment plants, jerry cans, hygiene kits, more than 3.7 million water purification tablets, floating latrines and temporary tube wells.
—Sarah Ferguson, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
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“Latrine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/latrine. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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