All 3 Uses of
privy
in
The Devil's Arithmetic
- Privies were outside.†
Chpt 12
- Building more barracks, more privies.†
Chpt 15 *
- She had already discovered, to her horror, that the bathroom was a privy outside the house, and it had no light for night visits.†
Chpt 6
Definitions:
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(1)
(privy as in: privy to her real identity) informed about something secret or not generally known
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, privy can refer to a hidden place, outhouse, or toilet.