stinkpot

American  

[stingk-pot] / ˈstɪŋkˌpɒt /

noun

1. Also called stinkball. a jar containing combustibles or other materials that generate offensive and suffocating vapors, formerly used in warfare.

2. Informal. a stinker; meany.

3. a common musk turtle, Sternotherus odoratus, of the eastern and southern U.S., that sometimes climbs trees along the water's edge.

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stinkpot British  

/ ˈstɪŋkˌpɒt /

noun

1. slang a person or thing that stinks

2. slang a person considered to be unpleasant

3. another name for musk turtle

4. Also called: stink ball. military (formerly) a container filled with material that gives off noxious or suffocating vapours

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Etymology

Origin of stinkpot

First recorded in 1655–65; stink + pot ¹

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Example Sentences

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stinkpot

Then this confounded stinkpot of a bombshell burst in our midst.

From Lalage's Lovers by George A. Birmingham

"I hope it's better than that new kind of stinkpot you invented for choir-practice," remarked a cynic from the corner of the study.

From The Lighter Side of School Life by Ian Hay

Sure, I'm going out with him again, you little stinkpot.

From Four and Twenty Beds by Nancy Vogel

I told him what had happened, and you were right, you little stinkpot.

From Four and Twenty Beds by Nancy Vogel

But in some degree it was merely a development of the "stinkpot" which the Chinese have employed for years.

From Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons by Willis J. (Willis John) Abbot

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