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cesspools

cesspools is the plural of cesspool.

Meaning of cesspool

Noun

cesspool (plural cesspools)

  1. An underground pit where sewage is held.
    Synonyms:
    cesspit, gongpit
  2. (broadly, derogatory, figuratively) A filthy place.
    • Under such circumstances, I naturally gravitated to London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained.1887, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “A Study in Scarlet”, in Beeton’s Christmas Annual, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward, Lock & Co., part I (Being a reprint from the reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D., […])...
    Synonyms:
    cesspit

Questions about cesspools

What is cesspools the plural of?
Cesspools is the plural of cesspool.

Words near cesspools in the dictionary

  1. cesspipe
  2. cesspipes
  3. cesspit
  4. cesspits
  5. cesspool
  6. cesspools
  7. cesstibtantite
  8. cest
  9. cesta
  10. Cestar
  11. Cestare

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