Cousin John
Noun
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Noun
Cousin John (uncountable)
- (US) A place or device for urination and defecation: an outhouse or chamber pot.
- 1735, Richard Waldron, "A Freshman Guide ↗", in 1953, William Bentinck-Smith, The Harvard Book, p. 162 ↗:
- 20. No freshman shall mingo against the College wall or go into the fellows' cuzjohn.
- 1741, "The Customs of Harvard College ↗", in 1851, John Bartlett, A Collection of College Words and Customs, p. 319 ↗:
- 18. No Freshman shall call or throw any thing across the College yard, nor go into the Fellow's Cuz-John.*
- Abbreviated for Cousin John, i.e. a privy.
- 18. No Freshman shall call or throw any thing across the College yard, nor go into the Fellow's Cuz-John.*
- 2001, "Public Privies to Private Baths ↗" in The Guide to United States Popular Culture ↗, p. 645 ↗:
- American males often used British terms such as Cousin John or Jake to refer to a privy or a chamber pot.
- 1735, Richard Waldron, "A Freshman Guide ↗", in 1953, William Bentinck-Smith, The Harvard Book, p. 162 ↗:
- john (US); jakes (now chiefly Irish); see also Thesaurus:bathroom and Thesaurus:chamber pot
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