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: a receptacle (such as a pit in the earth) for use as a toilet
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At the city’s public latrines, 36 holes upon which people took their comfort breaks line the walls above a drainage system.
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Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026
For the analysis, published in the journal Parasitology, researchers looked at 50 sediment samples taken from the drain of a third-century latrine at the fort.
—Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 22 Dec. 2025
The team took 50 sediment samples along the length of the roughly 30-foot-long latrine drain.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 19 Dec. 2025
Human waste spilled out of the overflowing communal latrines near Nyariaka’s house and into the fetid water filling the culverts.
—Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica, 15 Dec. 2025
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Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026
For the analysis, published in the journal Parasitology, researchers looked at 50 sediment samples taken from the drain of a third-century latrine at the fort.
—Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 22 Dec. 2025
The team took 50 sediment samples along the length of the roughly 30-foot-long latrine drain.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 19 Dec. 2025
Human waste spilled out of the overflowing communal latrines near Nyariaka’s house and into the fetid water filling the culverts.
—Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica, 15 Dec. 2025
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 14 Feb. 2026.
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