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Definition of Cesspits
1. cesspit [n] - See also: cesspit
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cesspits
Literary usage of Cesspits
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science by G. W. Hastings, Andr. Edgar, Edw. Pears, Ch. W. Ryalls (1865)
"In Liverpool and in Manchester, cesspits, though private nuisances, ... The word "
cleanse " is used in the municipal records ; cesspits are emptied, ..."
2. Observations on the Construction of Healthy Dwellings: Namely, Houses by Douglas Strutt Galton (1880)
"cesspits. The arrangements described have special reference to the case of sewers;
... Numerous cesspits of this sort used to exist in barracks, ..."
3. Report of Meeting by ANZAAS, ANZAAS. (1890)
"The water supply is obtained from shallow wells, which, from the contiguity of
numerous cesspits, run great risk of contamination. ..."
4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1890)
"Movements of the ground-water play an important part in towns with pervious
sewers, drains or cesspits, and wells, but if the former were absolutely ..."
5. Reports of the Commission Appointed by the Admiralty, the War Office, and by Royal Society of London (1905)
"cesspits, in the case of new houses, are built under the street and are ventilated
... In the old houses the cesspits are often under the dwelling rooms and ..."
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