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honey wagon

American  
[huhn-ee wag-uhn] / ˈhʌn i ˌwæg ən /

noun

Facetious Slang.
  1. a wagon or truck for collecting and carrying excrement or manure.

  2. a manure spreader, as on a farm.

  3. a truck or trailer containing several toilets and used as a mobile restroom.


Etymology

Origin of honey wagon

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

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The two functions, fortunately, were performed by different vehicles, the sewage carrier being known as the honey wagon.

From Time Magazine Archive

For down South he'd be unable to get a job on the honey wagon.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

They crossed the street and came over to the honey wagon.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

He stopped the honey wagon beside a cluster of twenty hives tucked in a thicket of trees, where the bees could have shade in the summer and shelter from the wind through the winter.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

Zach grabbed the hand truck and wheeled it out as fast as he could to start unloading the supers from the honey wagon.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

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