commode

Definitions

1. A low chest of drawers on short legs.
2. A stand for a washbowl and jug.
3. A chair containing a chamber pot.
4. A toilet.
   South-Asia, US, euphemistic
5. A kind of woman's headdress, raising the hair and fore part of the cap to a great height.
   historical

Equivalents

Examples

“Changing bandages and emptying the commode doesn’t exactly create⟳ a sexy environment, but we never talk⟳ about doctors’ appointments or heart problems when we’re in our room – we preserve⟳ that little bit of space for ourselves.”

“Then at the Play-Houſe ye ogle the Boxes, and dop and bovv to thoſe you do not knovv, as vvell as thoſe you do. […] You nuzzle your Noſes into their Hoods and Commodes, […]”

“Now under high Commodes with Looks Erect, Bare-fac’d devours in gawdy Colours deck.”

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