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"text": "1967. T. Wignesan. Night Soil Man. 1967 & 2007. (eBook)"
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"A person whose occupation it was to collect the contents of chamber pots (faeces) in the morning from domestic households, principally in the 18th and 19th centuries."
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"(dated) A person whose occupation it was to collect the contents of chamber pots (faeces) in the morning from domestic households, principally in the 18th and 19th centuries."
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