cesspit
(ˈsɛspɪt)
[f. as prec. + pit.]
= A pit for the reception of night-soil and refuse; a midden.
| 1864 R. A. Arnold Cotton Fam. 440 The deep cesspool system is bad enough, but the middens or cesspits of the cotton districts are a very great deal worse. 1884 Law Times Reports 19 Apr. 230/2 The defendant, owning one well, began to use it as a cesspit. 1887 Melbourne Daily Telegraph, A sum..flung yearly into the cesspit of this single vice! |