cesspitn.
/ˈsɛspɪt/, U.S. /ˈsɛsˌpɪt/ = A pit for the reception of night-soil and refuse; a midden.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > provision of sewers > sewage treatment > [noun] > use of cesspools or lagoons > cesspool or pit
sink1413
midden pita1425
sinkhole1456
suspiralc1512
sentine1537
dung pit1598
muck pit1598
sinker1623
bumby1632
sump1680
sump hole1754
jaw-hole1760
recess1764
cesspool1783
dead-hole1856
soil-tank1861
cesspit1864
lagoon1909
sewage lagoon1930
1864 R. A. Arnold Hist. Cotton Famine 440 The deep cesspool system is bad enough, but the middens or cesspits of the cotton districts are a very great deal worse.
1884 Law Times Reports 19 Apr. 230/2 The defendant, owning one well, began to use it as a cesspit.
1887 Melbourne Daily Tel. A sum..flung yearly into the cesspit of this single vice!
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