Cesspool

He fell into the cesspool and got covered from head to toe.

I naturally gravitated to London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained.

Back then, our grandparents had a cesspool which they sometimes had to empty.

Under such circumstances, I naturally gravitated to London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained.