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chamber pot

American  

noun

  1. a portable container, especially for urine, used in bedrooms.


chamber pot British  

noun

  1. a vessel for urine, used in bedrooms

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of chamber pot

First recorded in 1560–70


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And if you’re wondering whether money or brains has more power, there’s a scene in which Henrich uses a chamber pot and smugly orders Victor to “flush that for me.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025

In “The Madness of King George,” there are several scenes where very learned doctors dedicate considerable time and effort to squinting at the contents of the king’s chamber pot.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 17, 2022

A luxury padded chair bedecked in pewter and sheepskin was located above his chamber pot and a "Groom of the Stool" relocated his evacuations.

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2022

They’d play a game there: setting a chamber pot treacherously between their beds, pretending it was the Atlantic Ocean, and jumping from bed to bed as if escaping from Spain to America.

From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2022

Ku’oosh showed him an old enamel chamber pot with a lid.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko

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