His mouth had been used as a latrine by some small creature of the night, and then as its mausoleum.
Quotes about latrine (3 Quotes)
It's kind of like when there's an open pit latrine behind a trailer. Yes, it does serve a purpose, but it's illegal and it's dangerous and we don't allow them in the state of Alabama.
Regardless of its geographic origin, people quickly began to notice that the pox traveled from one person to another. They sometimes blamed transmission on common and morally innocuous practices - drinking from a common cup, kissing friends in church, following a syphilitic comrade on the latrine.