night-soil

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English - Turkish
(Çevre) insan gübresi
(Çevre) insan dışkısı
geceleri boşaltılan pislik
English - English
Alternative spelling of night soil
Human faeces

The flow of nitrogen from night-soil in rural China is valuable, whereas human excrement in an urban center is a pollution problem.

night soil man
A person whose occupation it was to collect the contents of chamber pots (faeces) in the morning from domestic households, principally in the 18th and 19th centuries
night soil men
plural form of night soil man
nightsoil
Alternative spelling of night soil
night soil
human excreta used as fertilizer
night soil
Human excrement collected for use as fertilizer