poe

poe (plural poes)

1. (archaic) Alternative form of po (“chamberpot”)
   • 1984, Frank L. Mills, Simon B. Jones-Hendrickson, Bertram Eugene, Christmas Sports in St. Kitts-Nevis: Our Neglected Cultural Tradition

     He looked for his enamel chamber pot — or poe in local parlance — whose better days had long gone: the handle was broken, there were a few rusted holes, and it was covered with a myriad of spalls. The poison of the fish soon had him vomiting in the poe.

Derived from the Hokkien 桮 (“poe”)

poe

1. moon blocks

   poe divination

• 'ope, EPO, EoP, PEO, ope, peo.

poe

1. genitive singular of pood

poe

1. (stative) round, rounded

• hoʻopoe

Borrowed from English boy.

poe

1. boy

Borrowed from English buoy.

poe

1. buoy

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.e/
• Rhymes: -ɔe
• Hyphenation: pò‧e

poe f

1. plural of poa