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paint pot

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noun

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

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

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Nearby words

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Origin of paint pot

First recorded in 1830–40

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for paint pot

Smallbones,” said he, “one of the men has left his paint-pot on the stage, under the stern: go and bring it in immediately.
Snarley-yow|Frederick Marryat
Wilbur was below tinkering with his paint-pot about the cabin.
Moran of the Lady Letty|Frank Norris
She took the paint-pot, and stood looking at the brush as it moved up and down in his hand.
The Trumpet-Major|Thomas Hardy
I had even to hide the little dabs of mud I took from a paint-pot.
A Summer's Outing|Carter H. Harrison

Just at the corner of the street he met the man with the paint-pot, who asked him if he had deserted the brethren.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles|Thomas Hardy