lats

noun — 2 senses

lats

noun

Etymology Clipping of latrine (q.v.) + -s.

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UK, Plural normally, Slang Latrines: rudimentary or military facilities for urination and defecation.

At Salisbury Plain and Camberley in 1909/10 I learnt a number of camping expressions like... lats (latrines).1927, William Edward Collinson, Contemporary English, page 92:
Other synonyms [sc. for lavatories] are rears, lats... and dubs.1940, M. Marples, Public School Slang, page 112:

Synonyms: bathroom

lats

noun

/læts/

Etymology Clipping of latissimus + -s.

1

Plural normally, Slang The latissimus dorsi muscles.

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