commode

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There's no mention of an actual commode-commode, but I'm sure that Thain's office did have an executive washroom, with an executive toilet in it.

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  1. noun A low cabinet or chest of drawers, often elaborately decorated and usually standing on legs or short feet.
  2. noun A movable stand or cupboard containing a washbowl.
  3. noun A chair enclosing a chamber pot.

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  • At rest stops I release them from the carrier, giving them freedom to hop about the car interior, have a drink of water, and use their commode, which is placed on the floor of the backseat. —  Braun_lilian_Jackson_13_The_Cat_Who_Moved_a_Mountain
  • The tub was like a small swimming pool, and the commode was an elegant affair of the type the Mundanes were said to employ. —  A Spell for Chameleon
  • He took them into the reeking bathroom and broke each ampule into the commode, and flushed them away. —  FSFMagazine,June2007
  • The Wall Street Journal, run by well-paid journalists who presumably know their Louis Quinze from their Louis Seize, original itemized list of Thain's office furnishings, and you'll note the commode is for the reception area. —  nancynall.com
  • Great Bubble burst in 2000, I saw my portfolio fall directly into the commode -- down 40\% in the space of a few months. —  Fool.com: The Motley Fool
 

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  1. French, from commode, convenient, from Latin commodus; see commodious.

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  1. from French commode, commodious, accommodating, kind, from Latin commodus, convenient: see commodious.
 

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