paint pot

American  

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.

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Etymology

Origin of paint pot

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

Suddenly, out comes a paint pot and brush and Dmitry adds more names.

From BBC • May 19, 2022

In 1875, one Thomas Cusack, a youth in his teens, started a business with only a paint pot and brush and a remarkable personality as assets.

From Time Magazine Archive

From his pocket he took the large glass paperweight, its insides a multitude of bright colors, along with the paint pot, and the paintbrush.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman

Small paint pot with band of protuberances or knobs.

From Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the Pueblos of Zuñi, New Mexico, and Wolpi, Arizona, in 1881 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 511-594 by Stevenson, James

One day she was passing the boats, Willy beckoned her mysteriously; he led her to his boat, which was called "The Christie Johnstone"; by the boat's side was a paint pot and brush.

From Christie Johnstone by Reade, Charles