Talk:pot
Australian beer sense
[edit]The Australian sense "A small beer" just added is very over-simplified. In Australia a pot is either a certain beer glass or a glass of beer in that sized glass. To complicate matters, the style and volume of glass taking the name "pot" (as with the other beer glasses) differs substantially from one state to another. — Hippietrail 08:58, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Done Seems to be fixed. Equinox ◑ 20:54, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
"go to pot" etymology
[edit]Our entry says it refers to chamber-pots (i.e. go to shit). Chambers 1908 says "originally said of old metal, to go into the melting-pot". Who is right? Equinox ◑ 00:42, 25 June 2018 (UTC)
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"British, transitive: To seat a person, usually a young child, on a potty or toilet, typically during toilet teaching." I'm finding it hard to locate any real-world use of "pot the children", "pot the baby", etc. Equinox ◑ 15:37, 16 February 2019 (UTC)
- I get some uses in this sense for “pot your baby” and “pot your child”. --Lambiam 03:43, 17 February 2019 (UTC)
- cited Kiwima (talk) 21:30, 17 February 2019 (UTC)
RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 23:37, 25 February 2019 (UTC)
the pot of gold (at the end of the rainbow) https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/the-pot-of-gold-at-the-end-of-the-rainbow