bedpan
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈbɛdˌpæn/
:
orinal
- After the surgery, she needed assistance to use the bedpan instead of getting up.
- emptying bedpans
- change bedpans
- clean bedpans
Basically, a subsizer was a student who had to clean the bedpans of the richer kids, Right?
- Basically, a subsizer was a student who had to clean the bedpans of the richer kids, Right?
Examples
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- Would you like to use the bedpan?
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I was delighted to find that I no longer needed to use a bedpan.
Fiction book (1992) -
Let me get your bedpan.
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We'll have to take you down to the treatment room and get you a bedpan.
Fiction book (1992) -
Who empties your bedpan for you?
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- You're supposed to use the bedpan.
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Susan grew too weak and had to use the bedpan; then she spongebathed her and gently dried her.
Fiction book (1997) -
Help me, I'm alone, but she rang the bedside buzzer because she desperately needed a bedpan.
Fiction book (1993) -
The nurse handed me a clean bedpan so that I could use it comfortably in bed.
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He felt embarrassed but knew he had to rely on the bedpan during his recovery.
Synonyms
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9.7
A bowl kept in a bedroom to use as a toilet at night
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9.9
A large container with a lid for holding used wash water
A large bucket for collecting dirty water from a sink or chamber pot
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Morphology
Etymology
Bedpan is simply made from bed and pan, where pan means 'shallow dish' and is the same idea as a kitchen pan. So a bedpan is a 'pan' used at the 'bed' for people who cannot get up.