pisspot
AmericanEtymology
Origin of pisspot
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; piss, pot 1
Example Sentences
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The pisspot rang true, too; in the Smalls, it lived outside the shared bedroom halfway up the tower, by the window.
From The Guardian • Feb. 6, 2020
He clambered into his cabin after his pisspot, then went to the edge of the tunnel and emptied it.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
She didn’t want to say the rude word to Thomas, but it was what Annabella had called her pisspot, and its contents were a surprisingly vital ingredient in the making of the dyes.
From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry
Where a road, house, room, or garden is described, the description is exactly true; even to the situation of a tree, chair, bed, sofa, pisspot.
From My Secret Life, Volumes I. to III. 1888 Edition by Anonymous
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