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gluepot

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[gloo-pot] / ˈgluˌpɒt /

noun

  1. a double boiler in which glue is melted.


Etymology

Origin of gluepot

First recorded in 1475–85; glue + pot 1


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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

Candidly calling himself "the devil's advocate," he persistently opposed deepening the U.S. involvement in what he terms the Vietnamese "gluepot."

From Time Magazine Archive

His only tools were a penknife, a tiny saw and a gluepot; he was executing the most wonderful and delicate carving, however.

From L'Assommoir by Émile Zola

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