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In the outhouse? Not I! (4)

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I believe the answer is:

thou

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'i' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both quantities as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'in the outhouse? not' is the wordplay.
'in' indicates the answer is hidden within the clue.
'THOU' is hidden in the letters of 'outhouse not'.

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(Other definitions for thou that I've seen before include "Old-fashioned pronoun" , "You (archaic, but still used in prayers)" , "Biblical 'you'" , "You (arch.)" , "You, poetically of old" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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