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Definition of Chamberpot
1. Noun. A receptacle for urination or defecation in the bedroom.
Definition of Chamberpot
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of chamber pot) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chamberpot
Literary usage of Chamberpot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The slang dictionary: Etymological, Historical, and Anecdotal by John Camden Hotten (1874)
"Jordan, a chamberpot. To throw the contents of a chamberpot over any one is to
christen him. Jorum, a capacious vessel from which food is eaten, ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"... used by some for a chamberpot," Gl. Rams, ... A wooden chamberpot, Aberd., Gl.
Shirrefs ; pron. ..."
3. The Complete Works of Samuel Rowlands, 1598-1628: Now First Collected by Samuel Rowlands, Edmund Gosse, Sidney John Hervon Herrtage (1880)
"... rofe vp and made a double vfe of his chamberpot, which going to throw it out
at the window, ... leauing the chamberpot ..."
4. The London Medical Gazette (1828)
"The patient has frequent desire to void his urine, and the urine deposits, as it
cools, a thick adhesive mucus, which clings to the bottom of the chamberpot ..."
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