Even though they were not official members, they were privy to many of the secrets of the club. From LearnThat.org.
A privy place to rest and think. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
privy to the details of the conspiracy. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Posted in privy council clerk kevin lynch, public service minority gap, restorative justice. From Wordnik.com. [A "Gap" Of Minorities In Government Jobs « Unambiguously Ambidextrous] Reference
The word privy is one of the earliest euphemisms used in England; an anonymous writer at the turn of the fifteenth century advised. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIX No 4] Reference
The privy is a straight "Parson's bench" style with 40 holes; ten on each side wall and twenty back to back in the middle of the building. From Wordnik.com. [S./Sgt. Vitold Krushas, Engineer-Top turret (Offenstein crew 576th Sq., 392nd BG) Interviews 6/11/85 & 4/29/86] Reference
Just recently, it dawned on me that the privy was a one-holer. From Wordnik.com. [dear God, am I bored] Reference
The privy is a dark winding recess, about 6 feet from front to back, taken out of the solid castle walls. From Wordnik.com. [The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account] Reference
I didn't use actual slang words, per se, except for "necessary" (which is what ladies called the privy or outhouse). From Wordnik.com. [slayground: Interview: Kirby Larson] Reference
They could not all come within hearing, but he called for all the elders, that is, the privy-counsellors, which in later times constituted the great. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume II (Joshua to Esther)] Reference
Jaworski spoke into the field radio at the "privy". From Wordnik.com. [Stallion Gate]
Oppy pointed to the cable running into the top of the "privy". From Wordnik.com. [Stallion Gate]
Joe went to the "privy", the heavy crate that held the firing switch. From Wordnik.com. [Stallion Gate]
April 14th, 2006 at 6:43 pm sounds like he deserved another kind of privy, VG. From Wordnik.com. [Firedoglake » Iran: Calculated Madness and Common Sense] Reference
Inside the "privy", wet electrical tape unraveled in black curlicues from coaxial cable. From Wordnik.com. [Stallion Gate]
Jaworski and Foote, in soaked clothes and dripping hats, had opened the door to the standing crate called the "privy" at the tower base. From Wordnik.com. [Stallion Gate]
LH, you seem to be saying most native speakers don't get--not even instinctively--the meaning of 'privy' in 'privy council' or 'privy to'. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: TRANSLATION PROBLEMS.] Reference
Even as council president, Cockrel said, he wasn't "privy" to the city's true financial picture under Kilpatrick. From Wordnik.com. [Newsvine - Get Smarter Here] Reference
He is also on excellent terms with Master Simon, who is a kind of privy councillor to the family; but his great favourite is the. From Wordnik.com. [Bracebridge Hall] Reference
Karzai may not have been privy to his officials 'plans. From Wordnik.com. [All for Nothing] Reference
Other members of Congress privy to the finding wondered about its timing. From Wordnik.com. [Cyberwar And Sabotage] Reference
One official privy to those talks says they're bogged down in lawyerly squabbling. From Wordnik.com. [Blood, Oil &Amp; Iraq] Reference
Growing up, my grandmother always seemed like this distant, strong figure that I wasn't privy to know. From Wordnik.com. [Natalie Bencivenga: The Woman I Never Knew] Reference
Not privy to the ongoing undercover operation, a former police colleague once stopped Ah-wai on the street. From Wordnik.com. [Secret Agent: Inside A Triad] Reference
The town's gift shop has sold 100 T shirts featuring T. rex exiting a privy, with the legend S-- T HAPPENS. From Wordnik.com. [A Very Hard Dinosaur Sell] Reference
"I don't think they wanted any cooperation," says one State Department official who was privy to the inside show. From Wordnik.com. [The Saddam Files (II): Sickening Cynicism] Reference
It's this privy language of the art world that keeps people unfamiliar with the jargon from challenging its concepts. From Wordnik.com. [Did A Car Hit It--Or Maybe A Train?] Reference
"There are so many people on that watch list that shouldn't be on it," explained a U.S. official privy to the KLM case. From Wordnik.com. [MYSTERY FLIGHT] Reference
Risk would not need to disappear but the number of people privy to the nature of the risk would increase exponentially. From Wordnik.com. [The Recession America Needed] Reference
Dame Edna, for her part, was privy to no such caveat before having the tables turned on her by NEWSWEEK's Nicki Gostin. From Wordnik.com. [She's Back!] Reference
Says one U.S. official privy to Powell's discussions, "There is hopefully going to be a faitaccompli delivered to Arafat.". From Wordnik.com. [Powell's Plan: President Arafat--Without Powers] Reference
Says one U.S. official privy to Powell's discussions: "There is hopefully going to be a fait accompli delivered to Arafat.". From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
"There's never been anything like this since 2001," said one diplomatic official (not Holbrooke) privy to the discussions. From Wordnik.com. [Holbrooke’s Dayton II?] Reference
Some insiders privy to the foreign film committee's workings predicted that "Amelie" wouldn't even get a nomination in this category. From Wordnik.com. [Oscar, Bloody Oscar] Reference
He was also one of the few fluent Arabic speakers in the Pyongyang diplomatic corps and must have been privy to its secret weapons trade. From Wordnik.com. [The Cia Lands A Big Fish] Reference
One aide privy to the president's views described him as "" desperate '' by then to make a change, had he only been able to figure out how. From Wordnik.com. [Gunning For Quayle] Reference
That's not to say that the world would have been any less shocked by such a tragedy if it had been privy to images such as Birns's earlier. From Wordnik.com. [The Unseen China] Reference
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