thunderbox
Meanings
Plural: thunderboxes
Noun
- A chamber pot enclosed in a box; a portable commode.
- Any lavatory or toilet, especially a rudimentary outdoor latrine or toilet, or an outhouse.
- A box of metal balls which is shaken to create a thunder sound effect.
- A blunderbuss; also, a cannon.
Origin / Etymology
From thunder + box. Senses 1 and 2 (“portable commode; any lavatory or toilet”) are probably because of the noises that may be made while defecating.
Synonyms
bathroom, bedpan, big white telephone, bog, bogger, brasco, can, carsey, chamber, chamber pot, chemical toilet, cloaca, close-stool, closet, closet of decency, closet of ease, cludgie, commode, cottage, Cousin John, crapper, crapper trapper, dike, donniker, dunny, facilities, gazunder, geography, guzunder, head, highway to hell, honey bucket, honeypot, House of Lords, house of office, jacks, jacques, jakes, jerry, Jerry, john, johnny, jordan, karzy, khazi, kocay, ladies and gentlemen, latrine, lats, lav, lavabo, lavatory, lavvy, loo, mingo, necessarium, necessary, necessary place, necessary room, necessary stool, neddy, netty, office, office of ease, pan, pee pot, piss pot, pisser, pisspot, place, po, pooper, porcelain god, porcelain goddess, pot, potty, potty-chair, privy, purging place, Quincy, restroom, shield, shitbucket, shitcan, shitpot, shitter, siege, six, slop bucket, small room, smallest room, stool, stool of easement, teahouse, tearoom, throne, throne room, thunder mug, thunder run, thunderbox, toilet, toilet room, toot, urinal, urination station, usual offices, vault, wardrobe, washroom, water closet, WC, withdraught
Scrabble Score: 23
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