Example Sentences

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Contrary to popular perception, the pigeon is not an unduly prolific defecator — certainly not on the order of, say, a pellet-dispensing marvel such as the Canada goose.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 14, 2021

A Brisbane corporate manager who is alleged to be a serial public defecator after being photographed with his pants down on a suburban street has quit his job.

From The Guardian • Jun. 7, 2018

Amy Totenberg, the United States district judge in Atlanta who is hearing the case, called it the mystery of the devious defecator.

From New York Times • May 29, 2015

My 10-lb. poodle therefore is a more effective defecator than I had imagined in my wildest dreams.

From Time Magazine Archive

The primary object of the defecator is to remove all impurities and perfectly clarify the liquid passing through it.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 360, November 25, 1882 by Various