cesspool
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Rafters in life jackets and helmets pulled up their paddles and gripped the raft’s ropes, holding on before barreling down Satan’s Cesspool, a Class III+ rapids.
From Seattle Times • May 4, 2023
Cesspool use is more widespread in Hawaii than in any other state.
From Washington Times • Jun. 17, 2020
A Gilt Youthhood, in plaited hair-tresses, tears down his Busts from the Theatre Feydeau; tramples them under foot; scatters them, with vociferation into the Cesspool of Montmartre.
From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas
Some four months in this Pantheon, Temple of All the Immortals; then to the Cesspool, grand Cloaca of Paris and the World!
From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas
Cesspool, ses′pōōl, n. a pool or hollow in which filthy water collects.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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