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Webster 1913 Edition

Nightman

Night′man

(nīt′măn)

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Nightmen

(nīt′mĕn)

.

One whose business is emptying privies by night.

Definition 2024

nightman

nightman

English

Noun

nightman ‎(plural nightmen)

(historical) A gong farmer, a person whose job is emptying privies by night.

References

nightman in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913