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Cloaca: alternatives and connections

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Cloaca

A sewer; as, the Cloaca Maxima of Rome.

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Cavity 76% connected

Hollowness.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Drain 76% connected

To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Drainpipe 76% connected

A pipe used for carrying off surplus water.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sewer 92% connected

One who sews, or stitches.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sewerage 92% connected

The construction of a sewer or sewers.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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