gazunder
名词 n.
动词 v.
英 /ɡəˈzʌn.də/
美 /ɡəˈzʌn.dɚ/
英文释义
名词 n.
-
A chamber pot.
— While Frank and Walt and Lou and Tommy had looked on, their mam had filled the guzunder up to its rim with a grotesque and undiscriminating mix of spirits […].
动词 v.
- To reduce the offer price of a property after agreeing to a higher one (normally just before contracts are exchanged)
词源
词源 1
Blend of gazump + under.
词源 2
Because it "goes under" the bed. Correct - particularly colloquial in north of England - refers to pot for night soil which was kept under the bed, as toilets were outside (or even down the street).
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