chamber pot

noun

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

chamber pot

noun

1. a vessel for urine, used in bedrooms

Word History and Origins

Origin of chamber pot¹

First recorded in 1560–70

Example Sentences

Asked if he knew the names of the newborn quadruplets, Merritt recalled two: gi—a karate outfit—and po—a chamber pot.

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Following the birth of her child, camp officials gave her milk and what she described as a chamber pot.

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Otherwise, it would seem unlikely that the only exception would appear on the rim of a chamber pot.

From Project Gutenberg

No chamber-pot in the room, owing to the negligence of the maid.

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There are hardly men who always take a cock for a horse, or a chamber-pot for a house.

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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.

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Its a regular little chamber-pot like the one that goes to Saint-Denis.

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