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candy pail noun a chamber pot CANADA- The candy pail is another euphemism, along with thunder mug, for the chamber pot – a very common object before indoor plumbing and still in existence in many places. At one time you could buy candy in small tin pails, later used for indoor night relief. — Chris Thain, Cold as a Bay Street Banker’s Heart, p. 33, 1987
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