honey wagon

honey wagon

1. A vehicle that collects and transports excrement. Driving a honey wagon must be one of the crappiest jobs out there—sorry for the pun.
2. A truck that transports beer. Looking for a bar? Just follow the honey wagon.
See also: honey, wagon
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

honey wagon

1. and honey cart n. any vehicle used for or designed for carrying excrement: a farm manure wagon; a tank truck used to pump out septic tanks; a tank truck used to pump out airplane toilets; a portable latrine truck used in movie making. I drove a honey cart in Hollywood for a year. How’s that for glamour?
2. n. a beer truck. What time does the honey wagon bring in new supplies?
See also: honey, wagon
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • honey cart
  • a play on words
  • play on words
  • I've seen better heads on nickel beers
  • I should have stood in bed
  • I shoulda stood in bed
  • should have stood in bed
  • should have stood in bed, I
  • Tom Swifty
  • you shred it, wheat
References in periodicals archive
In association with the foregoing was everyone's eager anticipation of the periodic arrival of the "honey wagon" pulled by a team of horses.
Good old Glenmore school days
One of the fondest pictures of my 1961 trip to Germany is of a Lantz Bull Dog Tractor pulling a "Honey Wagon." This tractor had crude steel rod-type seats with arm rests on the flat-top fenders.
Along for the Ride
Most dairy farmers store manure and the wash water in large tanks or sheds and, when the ground is dry enough to absorb it, load up the manure spreader or "honey wagon" and fertilize their pastures.
When a cow is a four-letter word
8.24 (450m): Mister Blue Sky, Honey Wagon, Coolruss Diva (M), Norland Beauty (M), Dream On Buddy (M), Black Phoenix (W).
WEEKEND GREYHOUNDS
Three heats of the supporting Pinpoint Recruitment Puppy Stakes over 480m are best left to Killieford Blaze (7.54), Honey Wagon (8.10) and Elwick Ghost (8.26).
Flying Fifis to lead the Yarmouth charge again; OPEN CHECK Jonathan Kay
8.20 (450m): Crooks Elmo, Honey Wagon, Welton Arthur, Must Be Premier (M), Ballymac Pedro (M), Lostrigg Leader (W).
SPORT IN BRIEF
Betting Puppy Plate (Hills): 4 Skywalker Teddy, 11-2 Lostrigg Leader, 7 Rusheen Brave, 8 Ballymac Park, 10 Boots For Gold, 12 Benkaat Boy, 14 Droopys Maxwell, Unreal Timmy, 16 Bandicoot Fionn, Droopys Gigolo, Holycross Prince, Honey Wagon, Sulphur Spring, 20 Ballycasey Girl, 25 Welton Arthur, 40 Ballymac Pink, Sanantone Kewell, Witton Flyer (e/w 1/4 1,2,3).
Lollie just 2-1 for a Festival repeat
7.11 (450m): Last Lap, Honey Wagon, Cashen Sniper, Final Boe, Crossfield Halle (M), Black Jedamac (W).
SPORT IN BRIEF
Puppy Stakes: 1 Unreal Timmy, 2 Honey Wagon, 3 Shiloh Supreme, 4 Killieford Blaze, 5 Roker Liam (m), 6 Graigues Chief (m).
Jamie puts Lister in line for his twelfth Yarmouth Derby
Festus (a character truly worthy of the name) drove the honey wagon in our area.
Go with the flow: septic systems exposed
There are bars everywhere; the show is televised live (without commercial breaks) in adjacent tents for press and industry who can't get inside the big top, and everyone shares the same honey wagons and ocean view.
Stars & bars: an insider's guide to the art and science of schmoozing at kudofests
Almost invariably, a few streets are blocked off for filming, with the ubiquitous, neatly parked honey wagons and dressing-room trailers announcing immediately that somewhere nearby is a camera, a crew and an actor or two.
FLIGHT OR FIGHT?
Night soil and honey wagons were often mentioned by early Western visitors to Joseon Korea.
'Honey wagons' of the past: 'night soil' and its disease sting