paint pot
Americannoun
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Also paintpot a container, as a jar, pail, or bucket, for holding paint while it is being applied.
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Geology. a spring or pit filled with boiling colored mud.
Etymology
Origin of paint pot
First recorded in 1830–40
Example Sentences
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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
Here's weepins, an' powder an' shot, all sammee navy style, and ther' ain't a bloomin' paint pot in th' hull shebang!
From Gold Out of Celebes by Dingle, Aylward Edward
"Now, sir," he remarked, as he gathered up his tools and paint pot, "she's a government craft again."
From The Wreck of the Titan or, Futility by Robertson, Morgan
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