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bedpan

[bed-pan] / ˈbɛdˌpæn /


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Among the new finds are an anchor, glass bottles and a bedpan, according to a statement from the Colombian Institute of Anthropology and History.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2024

She reserved her deepest attention for the orderlies who came in to change her bedpan and her sheets.

From Slate ● Jun. 4, 2023

“Susan wanted to crawl under the nearest bedpan and hide,” he wrote.

From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2023

But after one of my colleagues said it looked like a bedpan, I just couldn’t unsee the resemblance.

From The Verge ● May 28, 2022

She scrubbed down again, and did a bedpan round.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

Even as the labor market has softened, healthcare jobs have stayed plentiful: People spend on healthcare in good times and bad, and thus far, the ability to change bedpans and insert IVs hasn’t been automated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2025

Ricky, 46, says he was routinely cursed and yelled at by an elderly client and has never been paid as much as minimum wage for changing bedpans and diapers, among other chores.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2023

Today, she cannot do anything for herself, relies on bedpans and is unable to bathe, shower or dress herself.

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2022

At his wife’s home in Indiana, as she was getting a wheelchair, bedpans and other medical equipment ready for his arrival, the phone rang.

From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2019

Finally I realized that they were calling for bedpans.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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