nightmen

Tellingly, I believe, our nightmen do not sell the manure to farmers but instead simply dump it on isolated land or unload it at municipal treatment plants.

Flushed W. Hodding Carter 2006

We still have nightmen today, of course, but instead of lurking through the streets at night, they empty septic tanks with pumps at any time of day.

Flushed W. Hodding Carter 2006

However, they were not always regularly emptied, since nightmen asked a fairly handsome sum.

Flushed W. Hodding Carter 2006

Tellingly, I believe, our nightmen do not sell the manure to farmers but instead simply dump it on isolated land or unload it at municipal treatment plants.

Flushed W. Hodding Carter 2006

We still have nightmen today, of course, but instead of lurking through the streets at night, they empty septic tanks with pumps at any time of day.

Flushed W. Hodding Carter 2006

However, they were not always regularly emptied, since nightmen asked a fairly handsome sum.

Flushed W. Hodding Carter 2006

The cabs and the crowds were gone, and only the nightmen were there swilling up the dirt of the pavements with their hose-pipes and water.

The Christian A Story Hall Caine 1892

With a word or two to the nightmen on duty, the porter led the way to a shed near the station, where a number of sacks were heaped in a corner.

By Sheer Pluck, a Tale of the Ashanti War 1867