gong scourer

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who dug out and removed human excrement from privies and cesspits. obsolete
    — As you can imagine, the stench was unbearable and many gong scourers died from suffocation. When tobacco became available, many gong scourers adopted smoking, just to keep away the fumes.

词形变化

gong scourers plural gong-scourer alternative

词源

Compound of gong (“outhouse”) + scourer.
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