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paint pot

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noun

  1. Also paintpot a container, as a jar, pail, or bucket, for holding paint while it is being applied.

  2. Geology. a spring or pit filled with boiling colored mud.

Etymology

Origin of paint pot

First recorded in 1830–40

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