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English
Etymology
From Middle English gonge-put, from Old English gangpyt, equivalent to gong (“latrine, outhouse”) + pit.
Noun
gongpit (plural gongpits)
- (obsolete) The cesspit of a latrine or outhouse; a latrine or outhouse itself.
Synonyms
References
- ""† gong, n.¹" in the Oxford English Dictionary (1900), Oxford: Oxford University Press.