- bury a Quaker
- obsoleteto defecateA Quaker for the Irish was a turd, perhaps from their brown clothing. A Quaker's burial ground was a lavatory, and a tasteless pun.
How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. R. W. Holder. 2014.
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