netty

1. (Geordie) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.Examples: "Neddy, Netty, a certain place that will not bear a written explanation, but which is depicted to the very life in a tail-piece in the first edition of Bewick's ‘Land Birds’ (1797), p. 285."; "A line of pit cottages... tiny back gardens with outside lavatories, ‘netties’, some of them emptied twice a week by the council."; "Our toilet was an outside netty shared between two or three families, where you sat on a hole and hoped the cat wouldn't jump at your backside."Synonyms: bathroomGeordie

2. (Geordie) Any other place or fixture used for urination and defecation: a lavatory; a toilet.Examples: "Netty, a privy or water-closet... A common name, amongst the working classes... In common use. In my recollection it was looked upon as a euphemism."Synonyms: toiletGeordie