gluepot
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of gluepot
Example Sentences
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More and more, employers thought of their workers as tools as interchangeable as any nail or gluepot.
From Time ● Dec. 13, 2016
Although there are no eyewitness accounts, “you can just imagine Lincoln sitting there with a pair of scissors and the gluepot, thinking about how he wanted to do this,” Krowl said.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 7, 2015
Mr Ashley is standing in the middle of them, with the gluepot wedged upside down on his head.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 7, 2010
In 1953, while in Mexico, he ran out of oils and turned from the paintpot to the gluepot in sheer desperation.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then the gluepot dried up; the petals and the paper were dusty and spotted; the mistress of the establishment came for her tools and materials and made more than one scene.
From L'Assommoir by Zola, Émile
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