cesspit

noun

cess·​pit ˈses-ˌpit How to pronounce cesspit (audio)
: a pit for the disposal of refuse (such as sewage)

Examples of cesspit in a Sentence

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Early last week, the buzzy social network Bluesky—a onetime Twitter spinout that’s soaking up many refugees from the cesspit now known as X—finally started letting people in without invitations. David Meyer, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2024 Diagon Alley becomes a cesspit of Death Eaters during Halloween Horror Nights. Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 3 Sep. 2023 Only wealthy elites had toilets, which typically consisted of a hole carved into a slab of stone with a latrine cesspit below for storing the waste. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 June 2023 One sergeant was in the rice paddy, and a weapons specialist was knocked out in a cesspit. CBS News, 3 Mar. 2023 See all Example Sentences for cesspit 

Word History

Etymology

cesspool + pit

First Known Use

1777, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cesspit was in 1777

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“Cesspit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cesspit. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.

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