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: a receptacle (such as a pit in the earth) for use as a toilet
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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.
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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
Opposite the square, right behind the photographer, was a latrine.
—Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 9 Aug. 2024
She was stripped of her security clearance and forced to clean the men’s latrines.
—Anne Marshall-Chalmers, Journal Sentinel, 18 July 2024
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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
Opposite the square, right behind the photographer, was a latrine.
—Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 9 Aug. 2024
She was stripped of her security clearance and forced to clean the men’s latrines.
—Anne Marshall-Chalmers, Journal Sentinel, 18 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for latrine
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“Latrine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/latrine. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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