Re: "Jordan" and "leak"

On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 16:10:07 -0400, sage <sage@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Is "jordan" where "jerry" came from? That is, jerry as in guzzunder.

According to Brewer's Phrase and Fable:

Jerry (from 'German'). Since the First World War a nickname for
a German or Germans collectively. Also an old colloquialism for
a chamber pot, said to allude to the shape of an upturned German
helmet.
--
Peter Duncanson
UK (posting from a.u.e)
.

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