Meaning of night man | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Man who collects night soil.
2. A man who works the night shift.

Examples

“All ashes, tin cans, and other indestructible material are raked out through the ash doors onto the doors onto the lower floor, where they are wheeled or carted away by the night man.”

“The night man would open the door—one would hope not to be in there at the time—remove the full pan, empty it into his much larger tank and cart and replace it, with maybe a few slops remaining.”

“Time for the local night soil man to appear. He left the inn to find the night man who serviced the place.”

“The lights are turned out and the radio is taken home by the night man.”

“One quoted him as saying: “If my night man interferes I'll take his badge off.””

“Not like being a gas station night man, which he is to become, or a student, which he was, Weldon views himself as a freeman.”

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