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PRONUNCIATION OF EARTH CLOSET

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EARTH CLOSET

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Earth closet is a noun.
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WHAT DOES EARTH CLOSET MEAN IN ENGLISH?

earth closet

Pail closet

A pail closet was a room used for the disposal of human excreta, under the pail system of waste removal. The closet was a small outdoor privy which contained a seat, underneath which a portable receptacle was placed. This pail, into which the user would defecate, was removed and emptied by the local authority on a regular basis. The contents would either be incinerated or composted into fertiliser. Although the more advanced water closet was popular in wealthy homes, the lack of an adequate water supply and poor sewerage meant that in 19th-century England, in working-class neighbourhoods, towns and cities often chose dry conservancy methods of waste disposal. The pail closet was an evolution of the midden closet, an impractical and unsanitary amenity considered a nuisance to public health. The pail system was popular in France and England, particularly in the historic Lancashire town of Rochdale, from which the system commonly took its name. The pail closet was not without its own problems; if the pail was not emptied on a regular basis, it overflowed and became unhygienic.

Definition of earth closet in the English dictionary

The definition of earth closet in the dictionary is a type of lavatory in which earth is used to cover excreta.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EARTH CLOSET

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earth return
earth science
earth sign
Earth Summit
earth tremor
earth up
earth wax
earth wire
earth wolf
earth-grazer
earth-shattering
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WORDS THAT END LIKE EARTH CLOSET

avoset
broom closet
charoset
closet
haroset
linen closet
marmoset
photoset
pygmy marmoset
roset
siroset
thermoset
water closet

Synonyms and antonyms of earth closet in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «earth closet» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EARTH CLOSET

Find out the translation of earth closet to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of earth closet from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «earth closet» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

土厕所
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

armario tierra
570 millions of speakers

English

earth closet
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पृथ्वी कोठरी
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

خزانة الأرض
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

земля шкаф
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

armário terra
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পৃথিবী পায়খানা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

placard de terre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Almari bumi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Plumpsklo
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

地球クローゼット
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

지구 옷장
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Alur bumi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đất tủ quần áo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பூமியின் மறைவை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पृथ्वी लहान खोली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Gömme dolap
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

armadio terra
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ziemia szafie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

земля шафа
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dulap pământ
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ντουλάπα γη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

aarde kas
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mulltoa
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

jorden skapet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of earth closet

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EARTH CLOSET»

The term «earth closet» is used very little and occupies the 174.336 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EARTH CLOSET» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about earth closet

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EARTH CLOSET»

Discover the use of earth closet in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to earth closet and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Annual Report of the Commissioner of Patents
Dyeing and printing textile fabrics Dyeing, Compound for Dynamometer Earth- closet Earth-closet Earth-closet Earth-closet Earth-closet Earth-closet Earth-closet Earth-closet Earth-closet Earth-closet Earth-closet Earth-closet Earth-closet Earth - ...
United States. Patent Office, 1872
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House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: ...
Earth-closet . Earth-closet . Earth-closet . Earth-closet . Earth-closet . Earth-closet . Earth-closet . Earth-closet . Earth-closet . Earth-closet . Earth-closet . îsame of patentee. H. E. Evarta □I. M. Seymour D. Pomeroy E. Heath J. 11. Kitchie C. 8.
United States. Congress. House, 1872
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Congressional Series of United States Public Documents
A Iphabctical U»t of inventions — Continued. Ha Earth-closet Earth-closet Earth- closet Earth-closet Earth-closet Earth-closet Earth-closet Earth-closet Earth-closet Earth-closet Earth-closet Earth-closet Earth-closet Earth-closet Earth-closet ...
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House Documents
H. Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132, 802 Nov. 5, 1872 78 25 2 533 Earth- closet . ... 24, 1872 676 214 2 379 Earth-closet . . _ . . . . . . . . . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. N. ... 133, 899 Dec. 10, 1872 343 116 2 666 Earth-closet . . . . . . . . . .~ .
USA House of Representatives, 1872
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Kenya Gazette
Earth Closet*. 48. A person who shall construct an earth closet shall not construct such earth closet within 10 feet of any kitchen, he shall construct such earth closet in such a manner and in such a position as to afford ready means of access to ...
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Annual Report: 1870,1 (1872)
R. C. Cla-rk . . . . . . . . 101, 717 Earth-closet ......................................... . . G. B. Jewett ........................ .. 102, 128 Earth-closet _ _ _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . — . ... _' 102, 495 Earth-closet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . — . . — . — . . — — . . - - - - J. A. ...
United States Patent Office, 1872
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Annual Report
The landlord of a lodging-house shall cause every part of the structuro of every earth-closet or privy belonging to such house, and every receptacle for filth provided or used in or in connexion with such earth-closet or privy to be maintained at ...
Great Britain. Local Government Board, 1831
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Kenya Gazette
Earth Closet. 23. A person who shall construct an earth closet shall not construct such earth closet within ten feet of any kitchen. He shall construct such earth closet if practicable so as to back on a sanitary lane, and in such manner and m such ...
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Kenya Gazette
A person who shall construct an earth closet shall not construct such earth closet within 10 feet of any kitchen. He shall construct such earth closet if practicable so as to back on a sanitary lane, and in such manner and in such a position as to ...
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The Culture of Flushing: A Social and Legal History of Sewage
In the absence of a general system of water-carriage sewerage, the earth closet could deliver “perfect satisfaction” when used “in careful hands.”90 The earth closet concept had its supporters elsewhere as well. It caught the attention of the  ...
Jamie Benidickson, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EARTH CLOSET»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term earth closet is used in the context of the following news items.
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Electric viagra: How advertising shaped Australia from the early 19th …
The predecessor of the toilet cistern was the Earth Closet. Looking like a two-drawer filing cabinet, it was advertised as durable, handsome and ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 15»
2
The house where I was born - readers' memories
The third bedroom was later converted into a bathroom but as a tot I was terrified to go up the yard at night to the smelly earth closet - a hand ... «The Guardian, Dec 14»
3
Joe Amarante: Museum fixing up earthy attraction on its Wethersfield …
The outhouse is also known as the earth closet (or, overseas) the bog, kybo, biffy or even “long drop,” Speaking of which, a few oldies are even ... «New Haven Register, Oct 14»
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Cultural Quandaries: Home Design
The private rooms (bedrooms, wet and earth closet) would fall to the polar end of the building where the least amount of activity would happen ... «Patheos, Sep 14»
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Bullitt Memories | Outhouses hold certain charm
Outhouse. Privy. Earth closet. Little shack out back. Perhaps you have visited them at one time or another. As a young man, I traveled quite a bit ... «The Courier-Journal, Aug 14»
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This rural shed could be yours for just £130000
The chalet, thought to date from the 1930s, was bought by a couple in 1948 as a holiday home and still has an earth closet in a neighbouring ... «Express.co.uk, Aug 14»
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Gardens at Shuttleworth Collection open after £2.8m makeover
... 19th century two seater earth closet lavatory – all like the garden itself on the English Heritage register of nationally important heritage at risk. «The Guardian, Jul 14»
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'Peggy Angus was a warrior. Women weren't supposed to be like that'
Sublet from a tenant farmer, this became her weekend retreat, though it was hardly luxurious; there was an earth closet in the garden, ... «The Guardian, Jul 14»
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Rabbits causing chaos at Tattershall Castle
The building itself, an old-style “earth closet” – or hole-in-the-ground toilet – is attached to an original 15th century brick wall, which is a key part ... «East Lindsey Target, Apr 14»
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Easter bunnies put century-old toilets at Tattershall Castle at risk
The building itself, an old-style “earth closet” – or hole-in-the-ground toilet – is attached to an original 15th century brick wall, which is a key part ... «Grimsby Telegraph, Apr 14»

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