Definitions
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- noun slang, vulgar A building that houses
toilets orurinals .
Etymologies
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Examples
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During the editing of this Review of the Week by Richard Smith, the author's term "pisshouse" was changed to "pub" in the sentence: "Then, in true British and male style, Hammond met Ian Hislop, editor of Private Eye, in the pub and did a deal."
Craig Silverman: The Year in Media Errors and Corrections 2009 2009
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There were several moments in the OP productions when the use of the distinctive accent triggered a specific response - the one I remember best was the pronunciation of the name Ajax as 'a-jakes' where jakes is the Elizabethan word for 'pisshouse', which always got a laugh when normally the line would have been heard in silence.
On interacting with Beckett DC 2007
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There were several moments in the OP productions when the use of the distinctive accent triggered a specific response - the one I remember best was the pronunciation of the name Ajax as 'a-jakes' where jakes is the Elizabethan word for 'pisshouse', which always got a laugh when normally the line would have been heard in silence.
Archive 2007-11-01 DC 2007
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However, a pisshouse is apparently a gentleman's toilet, and (in the author's social circle at least) the phrase "pisshouse deal" is well known.
Craig Silverman: The Year in Media Errors and Corrections 2009 2009
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Man I am very happy to part with one kwai (or sometimes only half that) for a piss in a pristine public pisshouse.
Shanghaiist 2009
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Man I am very happy to part with one kwai (or sometimes only half that) for a piss in a pristine public pisshouse.
Shanghaiist 2009
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