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chamber pot

noun [C]
 
 

Definition

a large, round, bowl-shaped container, which in the past was kept under a bed and used as a toilet at night or during an illnessThe toilet
(Definition of chamber pot noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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