gazunder
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
gazunder (third-person singular simple present gazunders, present participle gazundering, simple past and past participle gazundered)
- (Britain, colloquial) To reduce the offer price of a property after agreeing to a higher one (normally just before contracts are exchanged)
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Etymology 2 edit
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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Noun edit
gazunder (plural gazunders)
- (Britain) A chamber pot.
- 2016, Alan Moore, Jerusalem, Liveright, published 2016, page 318:
- 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 […].