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night soil man en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (dated) A man whose occupation it was to collect the contents of chamber pots (faeces) in the morning from domestic households, principally in the 18th and 19th centuries.
    • 1935. Mulk Raj Anand. Untouchable.http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=untouchable+by+mulk+raj+anand
    • Near-synonyms: nightsoiler, shit-carter
    • 1967. T. Wignesan. Night Soil Man. 1967 & 2007. (eBook)

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Synonyms

nightman · shit-carter · nightsoiler