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gong-scourer

gong-scourer is the alternative form of gong scourer.

Meaning of gong scourer

Noun

gong scourer (plural gong scourers)

  1. (obsolete) One who dug out and removed human excrement from privies and cesspits.
    • 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.2011, Mark Leigh, The Loo Companion: Are You Sitting Comfortably?, Michael O'Mara Books
    Synonyms:
    gong farmer

Forms of gong-scourer

pluralgong-scourers

Questions about gong-scourer

What is gong-scourer the alternative form of?
Gong-scourer is the alternative form of gong scourer.

Words near gong-scourer in the dictionary

  1. gong-fermers
  2. gong-house
  3. gong-houses
  4. gong-pit
  5. gong-pits
  6. gong-scourer
  7. gong-scourers
  8. Gongalihuraa
  9. gongbang
  10. Gongbei
  11. Gongbo'gyamda

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