remedy critch, n. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

remedy critch n.

[SE remedy, ease + critch, an earthenware vessel; ult. cratch, a stable hayrack and thus a crèche; the term is used as such in early descriptions of Christ’s birth]

a chamberpot.

c.1786

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1823

c.1786		Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue ms. additions n.p.: Remedy Critch a Chamber Pot.
1788, 1796		Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue (2nd, 3rd edn).
1811		Lex. Balatronicum.
1823		Egan Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.