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Definition of 'po'

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) . Cognate with (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m).

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (obsolete) A peacock.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m).

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (UK|Australia|NZ|colloquial|dated) A chamberpot.
  • * 1988 , (Richard Hoggart), A Local Habitation, 1918-40 , Chatto & Windus, ISBN 0-7011-3305-8, page 67,
  • Pos ’ or ‘chamber pots’ were provided under the beds.
  • * 1989 , (Leonard Woolf), Frederic Spotts (editor), Letters of Leonard Woolf , page 86,
  • There are always several spitoons & pos [chamber pots] about the room & a loathesome smell of consumption, which I expect I shall catch.

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