单词 | nightcart |
释义 | > as lemmasnightcart nightcart n. a cart used for the collection and removal of night soil. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > emptying or cleaning of privies > [noun] > cart nightcart1642 midnight cart1698 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > cart or wagon for conveying goods > [noun] > types of > wagon or cart for specific articles > for removing night-soil nightcart1642 1642 in W. Thornbury Haunted London (1865) 385 Paid to the same for the night-cart and cover..£7 9s. 1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) II. 451/1 Who drive the night-carts to and from..the cesspools. 1986 Austral. Geogr. Apr. 98/2 Len Bates, one of Sydney's few remaining nightcart men, has been collecting and emptying pans from..about 70 unsewered homes. < as lemmas |
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