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shit-carter

shit-carter noun: a person employed to empty outhouses; a sanitary man.

Noun

shit-carter (plural shit-carters)

  1. A person employed to empty outhouses; a sanitary man.
    • Near-synonym: nightman
    • ‘If I was a shit-carter, every Christmas I’d go and dump a load in Cucumber Domain.’1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 22
    Synonyms:
    nightman

Synonyms of shit-carter

Forms of shit-carter

pluralshit-carters

Questions about shit-carter

What does shit-carter mean?
Shit-carter means a person employed to empty outhouses; a sanitary man.
What part of speech is shit-carter?
Shit-carter is a noun.
What is the plural of shit-carter?
The plural of shit-carter is shit-carters.

Words near shit-carter in the dictionary

  1. shit-browns
  2. shit-can
  3. shit-canned
  4. shit-canning
  5. shit-cans
  6. shit-carter
  7. shit-carters
  8. shit-disturber
  9. shit-disturbers
  10. shit-eater
  11. shit-eaters

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