Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
From Middle English po (found also in pocock), from Old English pāwa, pēa (“peacock”), from Proto-Germanic *pāwô (“peacock”), from Latin pāvō. Cognate with Dutch pauw, German Pfau. See also peacock.
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A diminutive of pot.
‘Pos’ or ‘chamber pots’ were provided under the beds.1988, Richard Hoggart, A Local Habitation, 1918-40, Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, page 67:
There are always several spitoons & pos [chamber pots] about the room & a loathesome smell of consumption, which I expect I shall catch.1989, Leonard Woolf, edited by Frederic Spotts, Letters of Leonard Woolf, page 86:
Ma's out, Pa's out, let's talk rude-- Pee, po, belly, bum, drawers!1961, Michael Flanders and Donald Swann, “P** P* B**** B** D*******”, in The Bestiary of Flanders & Swann:
Shaking the last few drops from off the end he looked down in surprise at the great head of steam that brimmed above the po, belatedly apprised of just how icy the October garret was.2016, Alan Moore, Jerusalem, Liveright, published 2016, page 44:
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Clipping of police.
"Basically it's a celebration of all the gearheads in the area," Rob told him. "Sometimes we get busted by the po, but we always find a new place to show off our rides. Enjoy this lot while we have it."2008, Megan T. White, Rounding the Finish Line, Baltimore, M.D.: PublishAmerica, →ISBN, page 209:
Now, one of the rules I had—this is another reason why certain police probably respected us dudes—when it was hot, when I saw certain po, we would shut it down. We left. I would just leave. I would give them they space and let them go.2018, U-God [Lamont Hawkins], Raw: My Journey Into the Wu-Tang, New York, N.Y.: Picador, →ISBN, page 89:
"'Bout time the po' got here," someone said loud enough for Bree to hear.2009, Debra Webb, Secrets in Four Corners, Toronto, Ont. […]: Harlequin, →ISBN, page 155:
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From Hokkien 薄 (po̍h / po̍k, “weak”).
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gah dai · kung po (etymologically unrelated terms containing "po") · po-mo (etymologically unrelated terms containing "po") · siew dai · gau · po po (etymologically unrelated terms containing "po") · Tzu-po (etymologically unrelated terms containing "po") · Hine-nui-te-po (etymologically unrelated terms containing "po") · O · C · di lo · peng · Ning-po (etymologically unrelated terms containing "po") · kosong · jan ken po (etymologically unrelated terms containing "po")