> /// This is a new one to me. What does "po-faced" mean ?
>
> Po[t de chamber]-faced, as in the face made when presented with a full
> chamberpot: lacking in humour.
/// Ah, as in pot de chambre, aka "Jules" in traditional french slang. But everybody has now forgotten what a pot de chambre was, and boys are named Jules again.
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