gongfermour

English

Noun

gongfermour (plural gongfermours)

  1. Alternative form of gong farmer
    • 2008, Ian Mortimer, The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England, Vintage Books, page 161:
      In other places it drops down a shute into a strategically positioned barrel, which it will be emptied by the castle gongfermour (latrine pit cleaner).
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