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cesspit
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun cesspit has 1 sense
- cesspit(n = noun.artifact) cesspool, sink, sump - a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it; Array is a kind of cistern
OXFORD DICTIONARY
cesspit, n.
1 a pit for the disposal of refuse.
2 = CESSPOOL.
1 a pit for the disposal of refuse.
2 = CESSPOOL.
Etymology
cess in CESSPOOL + PIT(1)
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