gonghouse
See also: gong-house
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editgong (“outhouse; excrement”) + house[1]
Noun
editgonghouse (plural gonghouses)
- (obsolete) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
- (obsolete, figuratively) Hell.
Synonyms
edit- (outhouse): gong; see also Thesaurus:outhouse
- (Hell): See Thesaurus:afterlife
References
edit- ^ Oxford English Dictionary. "† gong, n.¹". Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1900.