seat of ease

seat of ease
 n.โ€” ยซItโ€™s a pissdale; itโ€™s essentially a urinal.…Basically itโ€™s just a tapered lead tube that leads from the “seat of ease” as they called it out into the water.ยป โ€”โ€œQAR dive produces interesting artifacts” by Patricia Smith Daily News (Jacksonville, N.C.) May 23, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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