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night soil


night soil

noun

Definition of NIGHT SOIL

: human feces used especially for fertilizing the soil

First Known Use of NIGHT SOIL

circa 1774

Rhymes with NIGHT SOIL

coal oil, corn oil, fish oil, fixed oil, free-soil, fuel oil, gas oil, palm oil, red soil, rose oil, shale oil, snake oil, sperm oil, subsoil, tung oil, white oil

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