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commode

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noun/kəˈməʊd/
  1. 1

    A low chest of drawers on short legs.

  2. 2

    A stand for a washbowl and jug.

  3. 3

    A chair containing a chamber pot.

    • Changing bandages and emptying the commode doesn’t exactly create a sexy environment, but we never talk about doctors’ appointments or heart problems when we’re in our room – we preserve that little bit of space for ourselves.
  4. 4

    A toilet.South-AsiaUSeuphemistic

  5. 5

    A kind of woman's headdress, raising the hair and fore part of the cap to a great height.historical

    • Then at the Play-Houſe ye ogle the Boxes, and dop and bovv to thoſe you do not knovv, as vvell as thoſe you do. […] You nuzzle your Noſes into their Hoods and Commodes, […]
    • Now under high Commodes with Looks Erect, Bare-fac’d devours in gawdy Colours deck.

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