cesspool
[noun]
Synonyms: sink, Augean stable, cesspit, den, pandemonium, Sodom, sty

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cesspool noun. ['sɛspu:l] L17.
[Prob. alt. of SUSPIRAL, with assim. to POOL noun¹.]
1. A trap made under a drain etc. to retain solid matter. Also, a rainwater head in guttering. L17.

2. An underground chamber for the temporary storage or disposal of foul water or sewage. L18.
cesspool of iniquity etc., a place of rampant vice.
fig. (attrib.):
■ Malcolm X I got my first schooling about the cesspool morals of the white man from the best source, from his own women.

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