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dunny man en · NOUN
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(Australia, colloquial, historical) Someone employed to empty the cesspit from a basic toilet which is not attached to a plumbing system.
Luckily the dunny man was a model of probity. Never putting a foot wrong, he carried out his Sisyphean task in loyal silence.
1980, Clive James, Unreliable Memoirs:He played cards with me and listened to me talk about Leah Goldstein until the passing dunnyman announced the coming dawn.
1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 337:
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