Cousin John

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(US, slang, obsolete) A place or device for urination and defecation: an outhouse or chamber pot.

1735, Richard Waldron, "[https://books.google.com.vn/books?id=_4uo4_pfWLwC&pg=PA161 A Freshman Guide]", in 1953, William Bentinck-Smith, The Harvard Book, [https://books.google.com.vn/books?id=_4uo4_pfWLwC&pg=PA162 p. 162]:

Origin: From outhouse; lavatory; chamber pot; toilet. Possibly derived from a "euphemistic phrase of excuse" (e.g., "visiting my cousin John" or "going to cousin John's house"), similar to modern use of "powdering one's nose", but this is unattested. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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