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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The two functions, fortunately, were performed by different vehicles, the sewage carrier being known as the honey wagon.
From Time Magazine Archive
For down South he'd be unable to get a job on the honey wagon.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
He stopped the honey wagon beside a cluster of twenty hives tucked in a thicket of trees, where the bees could have shade in the summer and shelter from the wind through the winter.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
They crossed the street and came over to the honey wagon.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
Late Friday afternoon, after we had finished cleaning the last of the supers and storing them away, Zach went out to take a look under the hood of the honey wagon.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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