honey bucket

American  

[huhn-ee buhk-it] / ˈhʌn i ˌbʌk ɪt /

noun

Facetious Slang.

1. a container for excrement, as in an outdoor toilet.

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Etymology

Origin of honey bucket

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

They’re checking honey bucket bins — large steel containers where residents dump their waste at neighborhood collection points.

From Seattle Times

Instead of using a bathroom, people retire to a room in a house, pull a curtain and use a honey bucket — typically a 5-gallon bucket with a toilet seat on top and a plastic bag inside.

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“Not even half a year, and people don’t want to go back to the honey bucket,” said Carl Ekamrak, the elder-in-charge of the Akiachak Moravian Church, with a chuckle.

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It took no time at all for Mary Frederick to get used to indoor plumbing when she got it nearly two decades ago — and she hated it when the stilts supporting her elevated home collapsed and forced her to revert back to the honey bucket system for a while.

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“I’m glad I don’t have to smell the honey bucket no more,” she said.

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