Speakur

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night soil man

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.38 in modern English

Syllables
night -soil -man
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A man whose occupation it was to collect the contents of chamber pots (faeces) in the morning from domestic households, principally in the 18th and 19th centuries.

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Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

night soil men (plural)

Synonyms

nightman nightsoiler shit-carter

Questions

What does night soil man mean?
A man whose occupation it was to collect the contents of chamber pots (faeces) in the morning from domestic households, principally in the 18th and 19th centuries.

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