bow to the porcelain altar

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bow to the porcelain altar definition


  1. in.
    to empty one's stomach; to vomit. (The porcelain altar is the toilet bowl.) : He spent the whole night bowing to the porcelain altar.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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