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jawhole.

A hole or an open drain into which sewage or waste water is thrown; the opening of a sewer; or a cesspool or cesspit, an underground pit or container used to collect and store sewage and wastewater from a house in areas without a centralized sewer system.

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Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A hole or an open drain into which sewage or waste water is thrown; the opening of a sewer; or a cesspool or cesspit, an underground pit or container used to collect and store sewage and wastewater from a house in areas without a centralized sewer system.

    Scotland · dated · dialectal
  2. A jawbox or tenement sink.

Where this word comes from

Scottish dialectal term in use since the mid-1700s, with an early appearance in 1760. From jaw (a Scots verb meaning "to pour, throw out, or splash) + hole.

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