English Explanatory Dictionary

gong scourer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who dug out and removed human excrement from privies and cesspits.

Word forms

gong scourer gong scourers gong-scourer

Etymology

Compound of gong (“outhouse”) + scourer.

Synonyms

gong farmer

Related words

night soil man
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