thundermug
English
Etymology
thunder + mug
Pronunciation
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Noun
thundermug (plural thundermugs)
- (dated, slang) chamber pot
- 1944, Ernie Pyle, Brave Men, University of Nebraska Press (2001), page 80:
- "The dining-room ceiling was hand-painted and the staircase gigantic, yet the royal family used porcelain washbowls and old-fashioned thundermugs".
- 2003, Mercedes Lackey/James Mallory, The Outstretched Shadow
- "No more midnight treks to the outhouse. No more close-stools or thundermugs a feature of even the most exalted houses in Armethalieh."
- 1944, Ernie Pyle, Brave Men, University of Nebraska Press (2001), page 80:
See also
- close-stools
- chamber pot
- Jakes