cesspit

[ses-pit] Origin

cess·pit

[ses-pit]
noun
a pit for receiving wastes, as sewage, or other refuse.

Origin:
1860–65; cess(pool) + pit1
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cesspool or cesspit (ˈsɛsˌpuːl, ˈsɛsˌpɪt)
 
n
1.  sink, Also called: sump a covered cistern, etc, for collecting and storing sewage or waste water
2.  a filthy or corrupt place: a cesspool of iniquity
 
[C17: changed (through influence of pool1) from earlier cesperalle, from Old French souspirail vent, air, from soupirer to sigh; see suspire]
 
cesspit or cesspit
 
n
 
[C17: changed (through influence of pool1) from earlier cesperalle, from Old French souspirail vent, air, from soupirer to sigh; see suspire]

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cesspit
1864, from cess (see cesspool) + pit.
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