RE: Oh-ay-oh-ay! (was Re: History and Time in the West)

From: hcarteau_at_4oqWGLiuUxe1oAf8FdBN1kaSqFMOyrHPMj3kbELuVn16UD8c_-eKx4NmfbJXS8AQC_x
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2011 22:19:10 +0200


Selon "martin.helsdon" <martin.helsdon_at_Uhv4bwcgfATERcMFweAhqNckAMhjZwH9HnEA3m-L6euxKOyQfmP23h7iH_KrKJGFbYt2K02a_-3kRA7KfvfyymSj.yahoo.invalid>:

> /// 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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