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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The number shrank during Italy’s postwar economic boom as residents moved to the mainland for more modern housing — including indoor plumbing, which was lacking in Venice.
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Colleen Barry, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025
After a rugged childhood without electricity or indoor plumbing, Robertson earned a football scholarship to Louisiana Tech University.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 26 May 2025
To use but one example, one that combines the real with the hypothetical, a few years ago the New York Times reported that over 500 million Indians lacked indoor plumbing.
—John Tamny, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Camps like Galang in Indonesia lacked electricity and indoor plumbing.
—Lauren Vuong, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2025
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Colleen Barry, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025
After a rugged childhood without electricity or indoor plumbing, Robertson earned a football scholarship to Louisiana Tech University.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 26 May 2025
To use but one example, one that combines the real with the hypothetical, a few years ago the New York Times reported that over 500 million Indians lacked indoor plumbing.
—John Tamny, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Camps like Galang in Indonesia lacked electricity and indoor plumbing.
—Lauren Vuong, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for indoor plumbing
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“Indoor plumbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/indoor%20plumbing. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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