night soil man
A man whose occupation it was to collect the contents of chamber pots in the morning…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.
» Did you spend a night with that man?
Ты провела ночь с этим мужчиной? — marafon
Вы провели ночь с этим мужчиной? — marafon
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1 senses(dated)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.
Near-synonyms: nightsoiler, shit-carter
1935. Mulk Raj Anand. Untouchable.http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=untouchable+by+mulk+raj+anand
Examples
7 sentencesDid you spend a night with that man?
ruТы провела ночь с этим мужчиной? — marafon
Four thousand throats may be cut in one night by a running man.
Yanni's grandmother would not open the door at night to strangers, especially men.
Tom was threatened with a knife on the street at night by an unfamiliar man and robbed of his money.
ruТому ночью на улице пригрозил ножом незнакомый человек и украл всю его наличку. — astyng
deTom wurde auf nächtlicher Straße von einem unbekannten Mann mit einem Messer bedroht und seines Geldes beraubt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Both had had a restless night, the old man due to insomnia, and the young girl due to delicious dreams.
Forms
plural: night soil men| Singular | night soil man |
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irregular · Lesson
Synonyms
2 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.