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a pot to piss in 

Slang term meaning "any money or commodities". Can only be used with a negative prefix.
Poor guy doesn't have a pot to piss in.
a pot to piss in by Steve Shutt September 14, 2005

a pot to piss in 

Any form of wealth, in money or commodities, originating from Scotland, when they had a piss pot. The poor urinated in a hole.
He doesn't have a pot to piss in.
a pot to piss in by Tj080275 June 13, 2019

A chicken for every pot to piss in 

Although a seemingly harmless and fun mash-up of two phrases (Herbert Hoover's campaign promise of prosperity "A chicken in every pot" and it's counterpart phrase, "He/she doesn't have a pot to piss in" meaning the poor bastard/bastardette is beyond broke), this phrase actually refers to those who will put a chicken in a pot for no good reason other than to urinate on the postmortem bird (sometimes referred to as "Chissing").
In a perfect world, Pierre Michel would have a chicken for every pot to piss in just so he wouldn't be alone in his deviance working the graveyard shift at the chicken restaurant.

a pot to piss in 

I have all the support of the workers, the boss doesn't have a pot to piss in.