chamber pot
a portable container, especially for urine, used in bedrooms.
Origin of chamber pot
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How to use chamber pot in a sentence
Asked if he knew the names of the newborn quadruplets, Merritt recalled two: gi—a karate outfit—and po—a chamber pot.
Well, La Ti Da: Stephin Merritt’s Winning Little Words of Scrabble | David Bukszpan | October 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFollowing the birth of her child, camp officials gave her milk and what she described as a chamber pot.
Otherwise, it would seem unlikely that the only exception would appear on the rim of a chamber pot.
North Devon Pottery and Its Export to America in the 17th Century | C. Malcolm WatkinsNo chamber-pot in the room, owing to the negligence of the maid.
The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, Volume I | Tobias SmollettThere are hardly men who always take a cock for a horse, or a chamber-pot for a house.
Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary | Voltaire
There were a wooden bed without any curtains, a chamber pot with a piece broken out of the side, a wash bowl and two chairs.
L-bas | J. K. HuysmansIts a regular little chamber-pot like the one that goes to Saint-Denis.
The Milkmaid of Montfermeil (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XX) | Charles Paul de Kock
British Dictionary definitions for chamber pot
a vessel for urine, used in bedrooms
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