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The only truth in the statement is that urine was used to tan skins.Piss poor originated around WWII, when the word piss was attached as a derogatory adjective to several other words.The "pot to piss in" was the chamber pot. They were used to piss in at night rather than make a trip to the outhouse in the dark.
Ragnar is correct. There is actually a second half to "don't have a pot to piss in" which is "or a window to throw it out of" meaning you were homeless, then, as now, the lowest of the low in general society.
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The only truth in the statement is that urine was used to tan skins.
Piss poor originated around WWII, when the word piss was attached as a derogatory adjective to several other words.
The "pot to piss in" was the chamber pot. They were used to piss in at night rather than make a trip to the outhouse in the dark.
Ragnar is correct. There is actually a second half to "don't have a pot to piss in" which is "or a window to throw it out of" meaning you were homeless, then, as now, the lowest of the low in general society.
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