pot and pann.
/ˌpɒt (ə)n(d) ˈpan/, U.S. /ˌpɑt (ə)n(d) ˈpæn/, Australian English /ˌpɔt (ə)n(d) ˈpæn/ slang (British and Australian).
A person's father or husband.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > father > [noun]
fatherOE
sirec1250
authora1398
flesh-fathera1400
genitor1447
daddy1523
dad1533
bab1598
patera1600
dada1672
relieving officer1677
papa1681
pappy1722
baba1771
pa1773
governor1783
paw1826
fatherkin1839
pop1840
bap1842
pap1844
da1851
baba1862
puppa1885
pops1893
poppa1897
pot and pan1900
papasana1904
daddy-o1913
bapu1930
baby-father1932
abba1955
birth father1977
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married man > [noun] > husband
churla800
lordeOE
werec893
husbanda1275
mana1325
masterc1325
sovereign1390
maritea1398
husbandman?a1439
goodman?1507
baron1595
spouse1604
husband of one's bosom1611
old man1673
hubby1682
sposo1741
hub1809
master-man1825
pot and pan1900
mister1931
DH1993
1900 Sporting Times 3 Feb. 1/4 I can't give any lip to the old pot and pan, For, as old as 'e is, 'e can out me!
1906 E. Dyson Fact'ry 'Ands xii. 153 How's yer ole pot-'n'-pan, Tutsie?
1971 National Times (Austral.) 13 Dec. 20 From this handy guide you could soon establish the meaning of..‘her pot and pan is in the bucket and pail’... Translated, it means ‘..her old man is in jail.’
2002 H. Jacobson Who's Sorry Now? (2003) i. ii. 24 You're not a bad kid..but if you want to know why we can't stomach your old pot and pan, it's because he acts as though there's a bad smell under his nose all the time.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1900