gazunder

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English

Etymology 1

Blend of gazump +‎ under

Verb

gazunder (third-person singular simple present gazunders, present participle gazundering, simple past and past participle gazundered)

  1. (British, colloquial) To reduce the offer price of a property after agreeing to a higher one (normally just before contracts are exchanged)

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Etymology 2

Because it "goes under" the bed. Correct - particularly colloquial in north of England - refers to pot for night soil which was kept under the bed, as toilets were outside (or even down the street).

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Noun

gazunder (plural gazunders)

  1. (British) A chamber pot.
    • 2016, Alan Moore, Jerusalem, Liveright, published 2016, page 318:
      While Frank and Walt and Lou and Tommy had looked on, their mam had filled the guzunder up to its rim with a grotesque and undiscriminating mix of spirits […].

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