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View synonyms for cesspit
cesspit
[ ses-pit ]
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cesspit1
First recorded in 1860–65; cess(pool) + pit 1
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Example Sentences
Household refuse was thrown into gutters, and human waste ended up in waterways and local cesspits.
From Nautilus
Archaeogeneticist Susanna Sabin and her colleagues found DNA from human gut-dwelling microbes in samples from a 600-year-old household cesspit in Jerusalem and a 700-year-old public toilet in Riga, Latvia.
From Ars Technica
Various substitutes have been tried for the cesspit, which retain the principle of the hand removal of excreta.
From Project Gutenberg
There should be a ventilated trap placed on the pipe leading from the watercloset to the cesspit.
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Where a cesspit is unavoidable, perhaps the best and least offensive system for emptying it is the pneumatic system.
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