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| cess·pool [ séss pl ] (plural cess·pools) |
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1. underground container for waste matter: a covered underground tank or well for the collection of waste matter and water, especially sewage
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2. North America filthy or immoral place: a foul and putrid place or situation, especially one linked with moral depravity
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| [Late 17th century. Probably alteration of suspiral "drainpipe" < Old French suspirail "breathing hole" < souspirer "breathe"] |
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