kleinhuisie, noun

/ˈkleɪnheɪsi//ˈkleɪnhœɪsi/
Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, klein small + huis house + diminutive suffix -ie.
colloquial
A privy, usually an outdoor pit or bucket lavatory; any outdoor lavatory. See also piccanin kaya, piccaninny kaya (piccanin adjective sense 2).
1966 Van Heyningen & Berthoud Uys Krige 94They chatter to Luis about the house they have built for themselves high up in an old oak tree, a house that even has a ‘kleinhuisie’ (a little house, or lavatory).
1972 Cape Times 28 Feb. 7The N9 may be the smiling Gateway to Cape Town; the main line is surely the way out of the back door, past the dustbin and the Kleinhuisie.
1978 Sunday Times 14 May 6The second cobra to call on an occupied ‘Kleinhuisie’ (outside lavatory) in Anysberg..this week was routed by shouts of a housewife.
1981 C. Barnard in Daily Dispatch 6 July 6Sometimes the rain fills up the hole you dug for the ‘kleinhuisie’ and the pools lie around the shack.
1989 F.G. Butler Tales from Old Karoo 23He did not have to inspect the kleinhuisie, because the door was open.
1994 [see piccanin kaya piccanin sense 2].
A privy, usually an outdoor pit or bucket lavatory; any outdoor lavatory.
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