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Meanings of great sewer in English

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Usage of great sewer in English
1
He built the CLOÁCA MAXIMA, or great sewer, which is used to-day.
Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D.
2
Besides the functions of secretion, excretion and absorption, the bowels act as the great sewer of the body.
Appendicitis: The Etiology, Hygenic and Dietetic Treatment
3
Unseen denizens of this great sewer, disturbed by the intruder, splashed into the water ahead of him and wriggled away.
Out of Time's Abyss
4
Are we to witness a Millennium in which Anna Livia is hidden from view as if it was one great sewer?
The Irish Times
5
During this reign the famous CLOÁCA MAXIMA, or great sewer intended to drain the Campagna, is also said to have been constructed.
Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D.
6
Judge for yourself, my son; you see the great sewer, the work of the Romans in their very childhood, and shall outlast Vesuvius.
The Cloister and the Hearth
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The man I dropped in the Great Sewer for you this morning probably arranged that.'
Shadows in Bronze
8
Downstream, the desultory river slapped past the triple peperino arch of the main exit from the Great Sewer.
Shadows in Bronze
9
I left the gates open while I returned on my own to the manhole over the Great Sewer.
Shadows in Bronze
10
The Cloaca Maxima, or Great Sewer, was built during the reign of the second Tarquin,-thegrandest monument of the reign of the kings.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03: Ancient Achievements
11
The silent Praetorians kept the alley clear while Frontinus and I staggered along it to pitch our burden down a manhole into the Great Sewer.
Shadows in Bronze
12
"Then you shall drown with Sextus' slave in the Cloaca Maxima, the great sewer of Rome," said Marcia.
Caesar Dies
13
'Really?' My voice rasped as once again I smelt the decaying flesh of that body I had flushed down the Great Sewer.
Shadows in Bronze
14
"The drains, as you call them," he said testily, "consist of a great sewer away in the depths, accessible from various appointed places.
The Right Stuff: Some Episodes in the Career of a North Briton
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