Twenty-seven is 'o cantero, printed in some lists as 'o càntaro: the chamber pot. Italian glosses it il pitale.
The word is older than the board by a long way. It descends through Latin from Greek kantharos, a two-handled drinking cup, which took a considerable social fall somewhere along the route.
- 27
- 'O cantero
- the chamber pot
- Row 21–30 of the tabellone
Where the figure comes from
Unrecorded. The pot is on 27 because it is, and the compilers offer nothing.
Other things filed on 27
In Neapolitan life
Sicily agrees for once, u cantaru at 27. Domestic objects tend to be the squares the two boards share, presumably because both were built by people describing the same kind of room.
27 in the smorfia — frequently asked
A chamber pot. The word comes from Greek kantharos, a drinking cup, through Latin.
Yes, u cantaru at 27 on the Trapani board. The two lists tend to coincide on plain household objects and diverge on jokes and saints.