thunderbox

thunderbox
   a portable lavatory
   The sitter produces the sounds overhead:
    When it rained the clients had to row themselves to the thunder-box at the bottom of the yard. (Simon, 1979)
   The Second World War American military thunder-mug, for urination, was not to be found in less lavishly equipped armies:
    ... have a water pitcher, wash-basin, fancy soap dish, and a thunder-mug. (Butcher, 1946)

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