STINKPOT: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
| Pronunciation: | | 'stingk`pât
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- [n] small freshwater turtle having a strong musky odor
- [n] a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"
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| | Synonyms: | | bum, crumb, lowlife, musk turtle, puke, rat, rotter, scum bag, skunk, so-and-so, stinker |
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| | See Also: | | disagreeable person, genus Sternotherus, mud turtle, Sternotherus, unpleasant person | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Stink"pot`\, n.
1. An earthen jar charged with powder, grenades, and other
materials of an offensive and suffocating smell, --
sometimes used in boarding an enemy's vessel.
2. A vessel in which disinfectants are burned.
3. (Zo["o]l.) The musk turtle, or musk tortoise. See under
{Musk}.
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