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honey-dippers

Workers engaged in removing the contents of the pit located under an outhouse or privy.
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President Thomas Jefferson retained slaves to maintain a moving series of receptacles mounted on a continuous track. Fecal deposits from an indoor 'privy' located on the main floor of his mansion were captured by this arrangement located in the lower levels and were periodically removed and safely disposed elswhere.

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