An outhouse containing a toilet, usually without plumbing.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Alaska Sportsman. From Russian nužnik latrine, toilet from nužnyj necessary + -nik, suffix forming nouns. With the formation compare necessarium.
Definition of nushnik in US English:
nushnik
(also nooshnik, nooshnick, nuzhnik)
nounˈnuːʃnɪk
United States Regional, Alaska
An outhouse containing a toilet, usually without plumbing.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Alaska Sportsman. From Russian nužnik latrine, toilet from nužnyj necessary + -nik, suffix forming nouns. With the formation compare necessarium.