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名詞

night man (複数形 night men)

1. Alternative form of nightman
   1. Man who collects night soil.
      • 1897, City Government - Volume 3, page 162:

        All ashes, tin cans, and other indestructible material are raked out through the ash doors onto the doors onto the lower floor, where they are wheeled or carted away by the night man.

      • 2011, Kristin Otto, Yarra: The History of Melbourne's Murky River, →ISBN, page 71:

        The night man would open the door—one would hope not to be in there at the time—remove the full pan, empty it into his much larger tank and cart and replace it, with maybe a few slops remaining.

      • 2017, Jennifer Taylor, Echoes of the Moon, →ISBN:

        Time for the local night soil man to appear. He left the inn to find the night man who serviced the place.

   2. A man who works the night shift.
      • 2004, Carol Emshwiller, Carmen Dog, →ISBN:

        The lights are turned out and the radio is taken home by the night man.

      • 2012, Arthur F. Raper, The Tragedy of Lynching, →ISBN:

        One quoted him as saying: “If my night man interferes I'll take his badge off.”

      • 2015, Liphar Magazine, Liphar Short Stories Volume 2:

        Not like being a gas station night man, which he is to become, or a student, which he was, Weldon views himself as a freeman.

名詞

night-man (複数形 night-men)

1. Alternative form of nightman
   1. Man who collects night soil.
      • 1850, J. B. Boussingault, Rural Economy, in its Relations with Chemistry, Physics, and Meteorology, page 294:

        In the neighborhood of Paris there are places appropriated to the reception of the night-soil: it is thrown into reservoirs of no great depth, in comparison with their superficial extent, and of an aggregate cappacity which is such that they will contain the whole of the products collected by the night-man in the course of six months.

      • 1885, New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Assembly, Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly, page 282:

        No person shall act as night-man or drive any night-cart within the limits of the city of Grafton, unless such person be authorised so to do by the said Council.

      • 1895, New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Council, Votes & Proceedings - Volume 3, page 1092:

        The Inspector of Nuisances shall obtain from the contractor or night-man a list showing the names of occupiers or owners of premises where closets have been emptied, and the situation of such premises.

   2. A man who works the night shift.
      • 1851, ‎Herman Melville, Moby Dick:

        The morning of the third day dawned fair and fresh, and once more the solitary night-man at the fore-mast-head was relieved by crowds of the daylight look-outs, who dotted every mast and almost every spar.

別の表記

• night-man
• night man