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septic_tank

septic tank

English

A septic tank

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septic tank (plural septic tanks)

  1. A small-scale watertight treatment system for domestic sewage in which the flow is slowed to allow sedimentation and sludge digestion by bacteria to take place.
  2. (Australian rhyming slang, Cockney rhyming slang) Yank (American person).

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