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Cousin john

noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A place or device for urination and defecation: an outhouse or chamber pot. US, obsolete, slang, uncountable

    "20. No freshman shall mingo against the College wall or go into the fellows' cuzjohn."

Etymology

From John (“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.

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