night soil
Example Sentences
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Everything is recycled, from our chicken bones to our night soil.
From Salon • Jul. 25, 2017
The problems of chamber pots — also known as “jerries, night soil, commodes, slop jars, close stools and thunder mugs” — also contributed to this noisome mix.
From Washington Post • Nov. 4, 2016
Companies such as Clivus Multrum supply not only the toilet and the composter, but also a service of emptying it, just like the night soil men did 200 years ago.
From The Guardian • Jul. 15, 2014
The Japanese were sensitive to the handling of pathogens, and they knew how to compost the night soil before they used it on plants.
From Scientific American • Apr. 5, 2013
We hide amongst the banana trees that have sprung up all around his latrine, even while it gives us the creeps knowing all this lush growth is fertilized by such a disgusting man’s night soil.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
