CHAMBER POT
INTERJECTIONS
18C — GARDY LOO! a maid’s cry warning persons in the street that the contents of chamber pots were being dumped out of a window → Brit.
NOUNS
..14C — CUCKING-STOOL a chamber-pot
..E15 — CLOSE STOOL a chamber pot concealed in a chest or other furniture; a covered chamber pot → Brit.
1527 — PISS BOWL a chamber pot or other pot for holding urine → obs.
1557 — MUCK POT a chamber pot → obs.
1568 — POT a chamber pot; later, a water-flush toilet bowl → colloq.
..17C — JOCKUM-GAGE a chamber-pot → sl.
1648 — SHIT-POT a chamber pot → sl.
1698 — OLIVER’S SKULL a chamber pot → sl.
..18C — GAUGE a chamber pot → Brit. sl.
..E18 — SEAT OF EASEMENT a chamber pot contained in a case → Brit. euphemism
1775 — MINGO a chamber pot → US
..L18 — TWISS a chamber-pot → Irish
..19C — LAGGING-GAGE a chamber-pot → sl.
..19C — SIR HARRY a chamber-pot; a covered chamber-pot → Brit. sl.
..19C — SIR WALTER SCOTT a chamber-pot → Brit. rhyming sl.
1808 — QUERD a wooden chamber pot → Sc.
1810 — PIG a chamber pot → obs.
1829 — CHAMBER a chamber pot → Amer. dial.
1851 — THUNDER MUG a chamber pot → Amer. dial.
1862 — THUNDER JUG a chamber pot → Amer. dial.
1880 — PO a chamber-pot → sl.
1890 — NUMBER ONE a chamber pot → sl.
1896 — BISHOP a chamber-pot → sl. (Bk.)
1896 — CHANTIE a chamber-pot → Sc. (Bk.)
1896 — IT a chamber-pot → sl. (Bk.)
1896 — JEMIMA a chamber-pot → sl. (Bk.)
1896 — JERKER a chamber-pot → sl. (Bk.)
1896 — JEROBOAM a chamber-pot → sl. (Bk.)
1896 — JERRY a chamber-pot → sl. (Bk.)
1896 — JORDAN a chamber-pot → sl. (Bk.)
1896 — LOOKING-GLASS a chamber-pot → sl. (Bk.)
1896 — MEMBER-MUG a chamber-pot → sl. (Bk.)
1896 — PISS-POT a chamber-pot → sl. (Bk.)
1896 — SMOKER a chamber-pot → sl. (Bk.)
1896 — SMOKESHELL a chamber-pot → sl. (Bk.)
1896 — TEA-VOIDER a chamber-pot → sl. (Bk.)
1899 — NIGHT-GLASS a chamber-pot → Amer. dial.
..L19 — CHAMBER MUSIC the sound of a chamber-pot being used → sl.
..L19 — COCKNEY’S LUXURY breakfast in bed and using the pot for defecation, rather than leaving the warm house for a trip to the outdoor privy → sl.
..L19 — DAISY a chamber pot → sl., esp. nursery usage
..20C — CROCK a chamber-pot → Brit. colloq.
..20C — LAGGER a chamber-pot → Brit. sl.
..20C — PISS-CAN a chamber-pot → US colloq.
..20C — SLOP JAR a chamber-pot → US colloq.
..E20 — GAZUNDER — GUZUNDER a chamber pot; ‘it goes under the bed’→ Aust. sl.
..E20 — JEWEL CASE a chamber pot → Brit. sl.
1903 — REMEDY-CRITCH a chamber-pot → sl. (Bk.)
1905 — QUEED a wooden chamber-pot → Sc. (Bk.)
1905 — QUIDDIE a wooden chamber-pot → Sc. (Bk.)
1909 — UTENSIL a chamber pot → Trinidad and Tobago
1912 — BETTY a chamber pot → Amer. dial.
1922 — ARTICLE a chamber pot → euphemism
1923 — RALPH a chamber-pot → Sc., jocular usage
1928 — SILENCER a pad or cover for the lid of a chamber pot → Amer. dial.
1930 — BED VESSEL a chamber pot → Amer. dial.
1930 — VESSEL a chamber pot → Amer. dial.
1931 — HONEY BUCKET a chamber pot or other container for excrement → Can. sl.
1942 — GROWLER a chamber pot → Amer. sl.
1942 — GUTBUCKET a chamber pot → Amer. sl.
1942 — JUG a chamber pot → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — MUG a chamber pot → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — PIDDLE POTTY a chamber pot → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — POTTY a chamber-pot → sl.
1942 — TIN THRONE a chamber pot → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — WHITE OWL a chamber pot → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1943 — NIGHT GLASS a chamber pot → W. Indies euphemism
1948 — CHAMBER MUG a chamber pot → Amer. dial.
1950 — COMMODE a chamber pot → Amer. dial.
1950 — LEFT-HANDED SUGAR BOWL a chamber pot → US sl.
1950 — NIGHT-JAR a chamber-pot → Amer. dial.
1950 — NIGHT-PAIL a chamber-pot → Amer. dial.
1954 — NIGHT-POT a chamber-pot → Amer. dial.
1954 — THUNDER POT a chamber pot → Amer. dial.
1962 — ARKANSAS FIRE EXTINGUISHER a chamber-pot → Amer. dial.
1965 — BED POT a chamber pot → Amer. dial.
1965 — JAR a chamber pot → Amer. dial.
1965 — KER-THUNDER MUG a chamber pot → Amer. dial.
1965 — NIGHT-BOWL a chamber-pot → Amer. dial.
1965 — NIGHT-BUCKET a chamber-pot → Amer. dial.
1965 — NIGHT-CHAMBER a chamber-pot → Amer. dial.
1965 — NIGHT-MUG a chamber-pot → Amer. dial.
1965 — NIGHT-PAN a chamber-pot → Amer. dial.
1965 — NIGHT-URN a chamber-pot → Amer. dial.
1965 — TOPSY a chamber pot → Barbados sl.
1966 — JOHNNY POT a chamber pot → Amer. dial.
1966 — PO-PO a chamber-pot → Amer. dial.
1966 — THUNDER BOWL a chamber pot → Amer. dial.
1966 — THUNDER JAR a chamber pot → Amer. dial.
1967 — CHAMBER BUCKET a chamber pot → Amer. dial.
1967 — CHAMBER PAIL a chamber pot → Amer. dial.
1967 — CURTSY MUG a chamber pot → Amer. dial. euphemism
1967 — JIM-JOHN a chamber pot → Amer. dial.
1967 — JIMMY-JOHN a chamber pot → Amer. dial.
1967 — JUDY POT a chamber pot → Amer. dial.
1967 — LEFT-HAND SUGAR BOWL a chamber pot → Amer. dial.
1967 — LEFT-HANDED THUNDER MUG a chamber pot → Amer. dial.
1967 — PEGGY a chamber-pot → Amer. dial.
1967 — POT CHAMBER a chamber pot → Amer. dial.
1967 — POTTY CHAMBER a chamber pot → Amer. dial.
1968 — BADGER a chamber pot → Amer. dial.
1968 — CHARLEY — CHARLIE a chamber pot → Amer. dial.
1968 — CHARLIE WHITEHOUSE a chamber pot → Amer. dial.
1968 — NIGHTHAWK a chamber-pot → Amer. dial.
1968 — NIGHT-OWL a chamber-pot → Amer. dial.
1968 — TEE-TEE POT a chamber pot → Amer. dial.
1968 — THUNDER BUCKET a chamber pot → Amer. dial.
1969 — KING HENRY a chamber pot → Amer. dial.
1970 — JOHN a chamber pot → Amer. dial.
1970 — POLLY a chamber pot → Amer. dial.
1981 — BEDROOM MUG a chamber pot → Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
1985 — NIGHT COMPASS a chamber pot → Cayman Islands
2006 — GUTBUCKET a chamber pot, esp. one used in a prison cell → US sl. (Bk.)
VERBS
1937 — CHRISTEN to empty a chamberpot over someone’s head as a practical joke → UK sl. (Bk.)