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night soil definition

night soil

excrement removed from a cesspool or privy and used as fertilizer

Etymology: from being collected at night

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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