chamber pot
Example Sentences
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And if you’re wondering whether money or brains has more power, there’s a scene in which Henrich uses a chamber pot and smugly orders Victor to “flush that for me.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025
Unfolding into a discreet box with a red leather seat on top, it would have concealed a tin or ceramic chamber pot, no longer extant, for the Dauphin’s sons.
From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2024
In “The Madness of King George,” there are several scenes where very learned doctors dedicate considerable time and effort to squinting at the contents of the king’s chamber pot.
From Washington Post • Dec. 17, 2022
A luxury padded chair bedecked in pewter and sheepskin was located above his chamber pot and a "Groom of the Stool" relocated his evacuations.
From Salon • Jul. 9, 2022
He carefully removed the bandage on his shoulder, threw the foul-smelling thing in the chamber pot, and replaced the lid before washing his shoulder clean in the hand basin.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
