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Examples of cesspit
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There are plenty of current scandals rocking that cesspit, including corruption.
From the economist.com
Helped shed some light on how US politics became the festering cesspit it is now.
From the economist.com
Every six weeks or so he empties the home's improvised cesspit, a bucket at a time.
From the economist.com
No, but it is bias to call a featured article a cesspit based on its subject.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Labour's front-bench economic team just doesn't see the City as a cesspit.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
They are intent on bringing this town to the catagory just below a cesspit.
From the theargus.co.uk
Boy, what an intense cesspit of intensity and intense feelings it was.
From the hecklerspray.com
Best just to ignore her and let her simmer in her cesspit of depression.
From the newscientist.com
Most of it, I reckon, from refugees from the cesspit that was the BBC's 606 rugby site.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Cesspool: a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it
- A cesspit, or cesspool is a pit, conservancy tank, or covered cistern, which can be used for sewage or refuse. Traditionally, it was a deep cylindrical chamber dug into the earth, having approximate dimensions of 1 meter diameter and 2-3 meters depth. ...
- The opening in a wall in which the waste from one or more garderobes was collected.
- A cesspit, or cesspool is a tank pit used for the temporary collection and storage of sewage or waste. The pit is sometimes lined with bricks or concrete and mostly covered with a slab. ...
- A pit, often stone lined, into which waste drained or was deposited. Because of their water-saturated nature, cesspits often preserve organic materials.
- A watertight chamber in which sewage effluent is collected and stored for subsequent emptying, usually a service provided by the Local Authority for which a charge is made. Sometimes an outlet is provided to allow soakage of liquids from the cesspit into surrounding ground. ...
- A term used in conveyancing often when dealing with conveyancing transactions involving rural property. A cesspit is a receptacle for foul drainage which requires emptying on a regular basis. ...
- Pozo negro (m), sumidero (m)
