English Dictionary

pan man

名詞

廃用

(obsolete) A person employed to empty the contents of the outside toilet (i.e. human excrement) at suburban houses (and similar). Rendered obsolete by the introduction of plumbed (i.e. piped) sewerage systems.

日本語の意味

（廃止された用語）郊外の住宅などに設置された屋外トイレ（つまり人間の排泄物を排出する装置）から排泄物を回収する作業員、つまり下水道設備が導入される前の時代に用いられた職業

In the early 1900s, the pan man collected the contents of backyard privies from row houses, a job now obsolete after sewers were installed.

1900年代初頭、汲み取り人は長屋の裏庭の便所の中身を取り除いていたが、下水道が整備されてからはその仕事は廃れてしまった。

意味（1）

(obsolete) A person employed to empty the contents of the outside toilet (i.e. human excrement) at suburban houses (and similar). Rendered obsolete by the introduction of plumbed (i.e. piped) sewerage systems.

The 'dunny' down the back yard was emptied by the council's pan man once a week. — Susan Marsden, essay Argyle, a port worker's home 19 Forbes Street Carrington New South Wales, describing 1920s way of life there https://web.archive.org/web/20060904141530/http://www.heritage.gov.au/ourhouse/essay7.html

pan men （ plural ）