honey wagon
Americannoun
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a wagon or truck for collecting and carrying excrement or manure.
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a manure spreader, as on a farm.
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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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When Japan’s capital first won the right to host the Games, in 1959, it suffered from a desperate shortage of housing and functional infrastructure – and the lack of flush toilets meant most waste had to be vacuumed daily out of cesspits underneath buildings by “honey wagon” trucks.
From The Guardian
For down South he'd be unable to get a job on the honey wagon.
From Literature
Zach grabbed the hand truck and wheeled it out as fast as he could to start unloading the supers from the honey wagon.
From Literature
Zach turned off the honey wagon and stared at them through the windshield.
From Literature
The “honey wagon” was what she called it.
From Literature
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