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Example sentences for: chamberpot

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In An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English, Ernest Weekly suggested an even earlier association with the word jordan, a medieval alchemist's vessel and, later, a chamberpot.
As the chamberpot is a great friend to those with bibulous tendencies, jerry might have become a pet-name for it.
Similarly, Bombay furniture (a style combining European forms with Indian ornamentation) provided the metonymic euphemism The Bombay; the Oxford English Dictionary tells us that the name is possibly attributable to the Bombay chair , wherein chamberpots were placed, as it was common in the past to have one's chamberpot concealed in a piece of furniture, which could then be proudly displayed.
It is slang for chamberpot and, like jakes , could be the familiar variant of a proper name ( Jeremiah or Jeremy ).
The last example (Eric Partridge tells us) is a nickname for a chamberpot originating in India c. 1870, and is derived from the noise therein caused].