potty-chair

[ pot-ee-chair ]

noun

1. a small chair with an open seat over a removable pot, for use by a child during toilet training.

Word History and Origins

Origin of potty-chair¹

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

One citizen suggested the city return the rocks and consider his $99.95 offer for the junk in his basement, including "one used potty-chair, a tricycle with no handle bars, one broken ski, an old doorknob and six bags of leaves."

From Time Magazine Archive

A little later Funnyman Robert Benchley was presented with a live chicken, Little-Man-What-Next Billy Rose with a child's potty-chair.

From Time Magazine Archive