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cesspool
[ ses-pool ]
/ ĖsÉsĖpul /
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noun
a cistern, well, or pit for retaining the sediment of a drain or for receiving the sewage from a house.
any filthy receptacle or place.
any place of moral filth or immorality: a cesspool of iniquity.
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Words nearby cesspool
cesser, cession, cessionary, cesspipe, cesspit, cesspool, cesta, c'est-Ć -dire, c'est autre chose, Cesti, c'est la guerre
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British Dictionary definitions for cesspool
cesspool
cesspit (ĖsÉsĖpÉŖt)
/ (ĖsÉsĖpuĖl) /
noun
Also called: sink, sump a covered cistern, etc, for collecting and storing sewage or waste water
a filthy or corrupt placea cesspool of iniquity
Word Origin for cesspool
C17: changed (through influence of pool 1) from earlier cesperalle, from Old French souspirail vent, air, from soupirer to sigh; see suspire
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