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chamber_foreign
chamber foreign
English
Noun
chamber foreign (plural chambers foreign)
- (obsolete, euphemistic) A "room outdoors", an outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
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1297, Robert of Gloucester, Chronicle, p. 310:
- In to a chambre forene þe gadelyng gan wende.
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1297, Robert of Gloucester, Chronicle, p. 310:
Synonyms
- foreign; see also Wikisaurus:bathroom
Derived terms
- foreign (as an outhouse)
Related terms
References
- ↑ "foreign, adj. and n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary (1897), Oxford: Oxford University Press.