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    privy


    1. There was a little cat-boat in the lagoon behind it, a nice roasting firepit and a privy under a lean-to roof


    2. I saw the other candidate and, without wanting to sound big headed, there really was no argument! She was built like a brick privy, as the saying goes!


    3. I'm not privy to a lot of it and I've lost touch with most of them


    4. But the intelligence he was privy to as the expedition's technology officer told him it wasn't


    5. Decisions were made that we are not privy to, and now we begin again


    6. It was said that Yorthops could be privy to Tdeshi’s drug habits


    7. Allcock related the latest words of praise to which she had been privy, regarding the most excellent accomplishments wrought by the 'Sisters of Mercy' upon the White's home out at the bend in the river


    8. His privy must have been an


    9. " She paused, then continued, "Alfred does not think you need to be made privy to their personal problems


    10. "We shouldn't be privy to our family problems?" Alan was incredulous

    11. After she used the privy and washed her face in a basin of cold water from the spring, Praegon unlocked the nursery for her


    12. She hobbled outside, crossed the farm yard, and used the privy


    13. steps to the privy


    14. Hesper didn’t come out of her cheese shed much these days, except to use the privy


    15. The Captain and her Security Officer took several turns around the gardens and only the cats, vegetables, flowers and various seedlings were privy to the intricacies of the scheme of actions the Huntress held in store for the loosely federated renegade pirates 'gone to ground' in the Waghtnin


    16. Everything does happen for a higher reason, though our rational mind may not be privy to it


    17. Zorandi knew about the secret of Earth’s past; he was one of the few privy to such knowledge


    18. They also buried four metal canisters in the barn under the privy floorboards


    19. Back in the days before his father had met his mother, the world was much more privy to the wishes of the gods


    20. To prevent any oppression by those bye-laws, it was by the same act ordained, that if any seven members of the company conceived themselves aggrieved by any bye-law which should be enacted after the passing of this act, they might appeal to the board of trade and plantations (to the authority of which a committee of the privy council has now succeeded), provided such appeal was brought within twelve months after the bye-law was enacted; and that, if any seven members conceived themselves aggrieved by any bye-law which had been enacted before the passing of this act, they might bring a like appeal, provided it was within twelve months after the day on which this act was to take place

    21. ‘This is information which cannot be privy to your Civilisation for risk---’ He hesitated


    22. Jayana admitted he had no dreams about an army landing on the shores of Illeander, but he was not privy to all the happening of the world


    23. He thought I was privy to something, and when his strong-arm tactics didn’t work, smooth talk and money


    24. Dorro wasn’t privy to the conversation, but knew instinctively she was telling him horrible news


    25. If Nicaragua hoped to survive, agitators privy to critical information could no longer hide behind legal maneuvers


    26. She had long felt that in doing so, she was provided with more than just a free tour, it also gave her access to a well-informed individual, privy to important local information and a sense of the local economy


    27. Sylvia always had ‘friends,’ but that was networking, keeping her finger on the pulse of what’s happening: their value came from being a connection in the right place or staying privy to things important


    28. ” After several hours of questions, it was signed and reaffirmed that her identity would remain an ironclad secret, privy only to those in that room, until one week before trial


    29. He, incorrectly, she insisted, surmised that she was privy to the fact that Mike trafficked in cocaine and he began talking about it in detail


    30. I have had little foreword of the Castigator’s decision, and though privy to most of his thoughts and discussions, I have to say that the Patriarch is better informed than I am

    31. Though he was privy to most of the workings of the Disciplinarium, he had not known the dungeons extended to such a depth


    32. “That’s only because you’re not privy to some matters,” replied Andy and beckoned Ethan with a hand: “Let’s go inside


    33. 44 The king said moreover to Shimei, You know all the wickedness which your heart is privy to, that you did to David my father,


    34. Look, I’ll check the privy


    35. children; And then the king was angry, 21 And took the priests with their wives and children, who showed him the privy doors, where


    36. as soon as Antiochus was come in: 16 And opening a privy door of the roof, they threw stones like thunderbolts, and struck down the


    37. night for such privy attempts, insomuch that the fruit of his holiness was spread every where


    38. They mocked me, that much I could understand, but their delight hid something more sinister, information that I was not yet privy to, but would come to comprehend sooner than expected I feared


    39. As I glared into TJ’s eyes, I couldn’t help feeling a sense of recognition, where had I seen those eyes before? It was like knowing something on the tip of your tongue, but never being able to bring it onto your lips, similar to being privy to the secret to life, but not being able to share your find with another living soul, and as one can imagine, as irritating as hell


    40. I didn’t think it was the time to make him privy to the Enchanted Text’s prediction on my future, so I shut up instead

    41. And again I saw with my eyes as I slept, and I saw the Heaven above, and note a star fell from Heaven, and it arose and eat and pastured among those oxen; And after that I saw the large and the black oxen, and note they all changed their stalls and pastures and their cattle, and began to live with each other; And again I saw in the vision, and looked towards the Heaven, and note I saw many stars descend and throw themselves down from Heaven to that first star, and they became bulls among those cattle and pastured with them among them; And I looked at them and saw, and note they all let out their privy members, like horses, and began to cover the cows of the oxen, and they all became pregnant and bore elephants, camels, and asses; And all the oxen feared them and were affrighted at them, and began to bite with their teeth and to devour, and to gore with their horns; And they began, moreover, to devour those oxen; and note all the children of the Earth began to tremble and quake before them


    42. And I saw till a throne was erected in the pleasant land, and the Lord of the sheep sat Himself thereon, and the other took the sealed writings and opened those writings before the Lord of the sheep; And the Lord called those men the seven first white ones, and commanded that they should bring before Him, beginning with the first star which led the way, all the stars whose privy members were like those of horses, and they brought them all before Him; And He said to that man who wrote before Him, being one of those seven white ones, and said to him: 'Take those seventy shepherds to whom I delivered the sheep, and who taking them on their own authority killed more than I commanded them


    43. He was never privy to any secrets, be it complaints about Hasini’s husband or her coping with married life


    44. ” Ashi nodded as if she were privy to all this information


    45. 1 He that is wounded in the stones, or has his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord


    46. And again I saw with my eyes as I slept and I saw the Heaven above and note a star fell from Heaven and it arose and eat and pastured among those oxen; And after that I saw the large and the black oxen and note they all changed their stalls and pastures and their cattle and began to live with each other; And again I saw in the vision and looked towards the Heaven and note I saw many stars descend and throw themselves down from Heaven to that first star and they became bulls among those cattle and pastured with them among them; And I looked at them and saw and note they all let out their privy members like horses and began to cover the cows of the oxen and they all became pregnant and bore elephants camels and asses; And all the oxen feared them and were affrighted at them and began to bite with their teeth and to devour and to gore with their horns; And they began moreover to devour those oxen; and note all the children of the Earth began to tremble and quake before them


    47. And I saw till a throne was erected in the pleasant land and the Lord of the sheep sat Himself thereon and the other took the sealed writings and opened those writings before the Lord of the sheep; And the Lord called those men the seven first white ones and commanded that they should bring before Him beginning with the first star which led the way all the stars whose privy members were like those of horses and they brought them all before Him; And He said to that man who wrote before Him being one of those seven white ones and said to him: 'Take those seventy shepherds to whom I delivered the sheep and who taking them on their own authority killed more than I commanded them


    48. I will ensure that the casters of those Speakings are not stressed by their exertions, but I will be privy to your communications while I do so


    49. �Quick, Neva, stay in the privy, and be very quiet,� Rosie said


    50. Most recently I was Financial Privy Secretary of the Civic Authority of Bojoston












































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    Synonyms for "privy"

    earth-closet jakes outhouse privy bathroom can john lav lavatory toilet secluded secret classified secretive reticent

    "privy" definitions

    a room or building equipped with one or more toilets


    a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate


    hidden from general view or use


    (followed by `to') informed about something secret or not generally known