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Meanings of chamberpot in English

Portuguese
penico
Catalan
orinal
Spanish
bacineta

A receptacle for urination or defecation in the bedroom.

penico
Usage of chamberpot in English
1
Ordinarily I have a footman, a parlor wench, and a chamberpot scrubber.
Speaks the Nightbird
2
The only furniture was a stool, the bed and an empty chamberpot.
Sovereign
3
Groaning I inch my way out and squat over the chamberpot.
Waiting for the Barbarians
4
A chamberpot was placed at the foot of the pallet.
Speaks the Nightbird
5
Matthew relieved himself at the chamberpot, then undressed and lay down upon the bed.
Speaks the Nightbird
6
Levy Pants is still ours, like a chamberpot we inherited.
A Confederacy of Dunces
7
When he had it going, he used the chamberpot.
The stand
8
Next trip-God forbid-he would remember to pack a chamberpot.
Speaks the Nightbird
9
Matthew remained standing and, looking Shawcombe directly in the face, said, "A chamberpot."
Speaks the Nightbird
10
Your father's sweat and blood is a chamberpot?
A Confederacy of Dunces
11
Sure, you might as well be talking, do you know, to a flaming chamberpot as talking to Temple.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
12
After returning the broom to the closet, Auri brought out the chamberpot and set it near the wardrobe.
The Slow Regard of Silent Things
13
There was an empty porcelain chamberpot.
The Slow Regard of Silent Things
14
Matthew noted that either the constable had spilled a drink in his lap, or was past need of a chamberpot.
Mister Slaughter
15
Noncombatants as well -servants, cooks, craftsmen, chamberpot emptiers -everyone necessary to the maintenance of such an august dwelling.
Return of the Crimson Guard
16
She touched the chamberpot.
The Slow Regard of Silent Things
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Translations for chamberpot
Portuguese
penico
Chamberpot through the time