"honey bucket" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: honey buckets [plural]
Etymology: Compare honey pot and honey wagon (“sewage trailer”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|honey pot}} honey pot, {{m|en|honey wagon||sewage trailer}} honey wagon (“sewage trailer”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} honey bucket (plural honey buckets)
  1. (euphemistic, obsolete) A chamber pot: a bucket used for urination and defecation. Tags: euphemistic, obsolete Synonyms: chamber pot
    Sense id: en-honey_bucket-en-noun-H-NXrhAM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English euphemisms

Inflected forms

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