(AU, colloquial, now, chiefly, historical) Someone employed to empty the cesspit from a basic toilet which is not attached to a plumbing system.
(AU, colloquial, now, chiefly, historical) Someone employed to empty the cesspit from a basic toilet which is not attached to a plumbing system.
Luckily the dunny man was a model of probity. Never putting a foot wrong, he carried out his Sisyphean task in loyal silence.
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Aussie and Kiwi vocabulary — bogan, daggy, brekkie, sheila, bach, jandals — the whole Antipodean lexicon, including outback dialect, surf and beach culture, and Sydney/Melbourne street slang.
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A cellar, basement, or underground passage.