thundermug
nounEtymology From thunder + mug.
- "The dining-room ceiling was hand-painted and the staircase gigantic, yet the royal family used porcelain washbowls and old-fashioned thundermugs".1944, Ernie Pyle, Brave Men, University of Nebraska Press, published 2001, page 80:
- "No more midnight treks to the outhouse. No more close-stools or thundermugs a feature of even the most exalted houses in Armethalieh."2003, Mercedes Lackey/James Mallory, The Outstretched Shadow:
- Related terms
- close-stool, chamber pot, jakes