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Meaning of 'stinkpot' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Stinkpot [ n.]
- An earthen jar charged with powder, grenades, and other materials of an offensive and suffocating smell, -- sometimes used in boarding an enemy's vessel.
- A vessel in which disinfectants are burned.
- The musk turtle, or musk tortoise. See under Musk.

Meaning of 'stinkpot' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . stinkpot [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
Example in sentence:
  • kill the rat;
  • only a rotter would do that;
  • the British call a contemptible person a `git';
  • throw the bum out;
  • you cowardly little pukes!

Nearby Words:

stiacciato stian stibborn stibial stibialism stibiated stibic stibiconite stibine stibious

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