English
jawhole
Scottish dialectal term in use since the mid-1700s, with an early appearance in 1760.
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Scottish dialectal term in use since the mid-1700s, with an early appearance in 1760.
Today it means
noun A hole or an open drain into which sewage or waste water is thrown; the opening of a sewer; or a cesspool or cesspit, an underground pit or container used to collect and store sewage and wastewater from a house in areas without a centralized sewer system.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / jawhole