dunny man

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dunny man (plural dunny men)

  1. (Australia, colloquial, now chiefly historical) Someone employed to empty the cesspit from a basic toilet which is not attached to a plumbing system.
    • 1980, Clive James, Unreliable Memoirs:
      Luckily the dunny man was a model of probity. Never putting a foot wrong, he carried out his Sisyphean task in loyal silence.
    • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 337:
      He played cards with me and listened to me talk about Leah Goldstein until the passing dunnyman announced the coming dawn.
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