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When one has been invited to stay overnight in a home without indoor plumbing, but is provided with a chamber pot (no lid) under the bed, what does one do with it the next morning?—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2025 Household items found included parts of dishes, chamber pots and dolls.—Alex Music, Idaho Statesman, 21 June 2025 Several praised the chamber pot, saying it should be brought back into use.—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024 Many of the bathrooms were non-functioning, and the chamber pots were late in arriving—just as an attack of dysentery hit the camp.—Jake Whitney, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for chamber pot