indoor plumbing
noun
: a system of pipes that supply water to the inside of a building
The cottage has electricity but no indoor plumbing.
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Image Lacking indoor plumbing, the family basked in this sauna as a prelude to bathing in the cold lake.
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Julie Lasky, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
Though the place relies on solar power and lacks indoor plumbing, these minor inconveniences are a small price to pay for the chance to commune with the cosmos.
—Tim Nelson, Architectural Digest, 31 Mar. 2025
The lodge is basic and isolated, heated by a lone woodstove and without indoor plumbing, cell service, or internet.
—Jesse James McTigue, Outside Online, 20 Mar. 2025
The infidels’ free speech or their indoor plumbing and electricity?
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 15 Mar. 2025
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Julie Lasky, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
Though the place relies on solar power and lacks indoor plumbing, these minor inconveniences are a small price to pay for the chance to commune with the cosmos.
—Tim Nelson, Architectural Digest, 31 Mar. 2025
The lodge is basic and isolated, heated by a lone woodstove and without indoor plumbing, cell service, or internet.
—Jesse James McTigue, Outside Online, 20 Mar. 2025
The infidels’ free speech or their indoor plumbing and electricity?
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 15 Mar. 2025
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“Indoor plumbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/indoor%20plumbing. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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