Chamber-pot

  • 121Dwile Flonking — The pastime of Dwile Flonking involves two teams, each taking a turn to dance around the other while attempting to avoid a beer soaked dwile (cloth) thrown by the non dancing team.[1] Flonk is probably a corruption of flong, an old past tense of… …

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  • 122po-faced — adjective Etymology: perhaps from po chamber pot, toilet, from French pot pot Date: 1934 British having an assumed solemn, serious, or earnest expression or manner ; piously or hypocritically solemn …

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  • 123potty — {{11}}potty (adj.) crazy, silly, 1920, slang, of unknown origin, perhaps connected to potter (v.). Earlier slang senses were easy to manage (1899) and feeble, petty (1860). {{12}}potty (n.) 1942, child s word for chamber pot, from POT (Cf. pot)… …

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  • 124pan — n 1. frying pan, griddle, skillet, spider; bread pan, cake pan, pie plate or pan, baking dish, ramekin, patty pan, omelet pan, pizza pan; saucepan, stewpan, Chiefly Brit. casserole, small kettle or pot, Chiefly Brit. pannikin; chafing dish,… …

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  • 125Toilet — This article is about a sanitation fixture used primarily for the disposal of human excrement. For a room containing a toilet, see toilet (room). For other uses, see toilet (disambiguation) …

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  • 126Música de cámara (Joyce) — Música de cámara es un libro de poesía, el primero del escritor irlandés James Joyce. Su título original en inglés es Chamber Music. El título es un retruécano, refiriéndose a la música de la orina cayendo en una bacina (chamber pot) así como a… …

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  • 127jordan — /jawr dn/, n. Brit. Dial. See chamber pot. [1350 1400; ME jurdan urinal, perh. after JORDAN, the river, by coarse jesting] * * * Jordan Introduction Jordan Background: For most of its history since independence from British administration in 1946 …

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  • 128Jordan — Jor dan, Jorden Jor den, n. [Prob. fr. the river Jordan, and shortened fr. Jordan bottle a bottle of water from the Jordan, brought back by pilgrims.] [1913 Webster] 1. A pot or vessel with a large neck, formerly used by physicians and alchemists …

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