pan man

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person employed to empty the contents of the outside toilet (i.e. human excrement) at suburban houses (and similar). Rendered obsolete by the introduction of plumbed (i.e. piped) sewerage systems. obsolete
    — The 'dunny' down the back yard was emptied by the council's pan man once a week. — Susan Marsden, essay Argyle, a port worker's home 19 Forbes Street Carrington New South Wales, describing 1920s way of life there https://web.archive.org/web/20060904141530/http://www.heritage.gov.au/ourhouse/essay7.html

词形变化

pan men plural
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