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sanitation (n.)
[sanitation 词源字典]
1848, irregularly formed from
sanitary
. Figurative use from 1934. As a euphemism for
garbage
(as in
sanitation engineer
) first recorded 1939.
[sanitation etymology, sanitation origin, 英语词源]