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Then, remembering that Nan had promised to go with him that afternoon for a run in the "stink-pot," he stepped out into the middle of the street and stood staring up the broad white road along which the car had disappeared -- the great road which led to London.
The Moon out of Reach Margaret Pedler
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I know your first impulse will be to put the 'stink-pot' along at forty miles an hour in wild pursuit of me.
The Moon out of Reach Margaret Pedler
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"I met Trenby about a mile away and scattered his horses and hounds to the four winds of heaven with my stink-pot."
The Moon out of Reach Margaret Pedler
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Where was Nan going with Rooke -- driving at reckless speed at this hour of the day on the way to London, when, according to arrangement, she should have been ready later on to adventure herself in the "stink-pot"?
The Moon out of Reach Margaret Pedler
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The only new departure is the aeroplane, for the gas attack is another form of the Chinese stink-pot and our old mystery friend Greek fire may claim antecedence to the
My Second Year of the War Frederick Palmer 1915
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Half-way down, between them and me, a stink-pot yet smouldered, and the morning air carried a horrible smell of singed flesh.
The Adventures of Harry Revel Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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Another caught a Cape pigeon, and I caught a stink-pot, a large bird measuring about eight feet from wing to wing.
A Boy's Voyage Round the World Samuel Smiles 1858
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So now, cunule, clap on steam for Valparaiso, and you'll soon overhaul the old stink-pot.
Foul Play Charles Reade 1849
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It is remarkable for exuding a strong musky odour, from which circumstance it has obtained the name of "stink-pot."
The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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At last, one of our gunners made a stink-pot, as we called it, being a composition which only smokes, but does not flame or burn; but withal the smoke of it is so thick, and the smell of it so intolerably nauseous, that it is not to be suffered.
The Life, Adventures & Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton Daniel Defoe 1696
chained_bear commented on the word stink-pot
"'Perhaps all these mollymawks and albatrosses will be some comfort to him. I never saw so many all together. There's a whale-bird. Two nellies: and a stink-pot.'"
--Patrick O'Brian, The Thirteen Gun Salute, 160
March 4, 2008
bilby commented on the word stink-pot
Is it a bird?
August 31, 2008
reesetee commented on the word stink-pot
I thought it was the nickname of the musk turtle.
August 31, 2008
bilby commented on the word stink-pot
Turtles don't fly.
September 1, 2008
reesetee commented on the word stink-pot
Sez you.
Anyway, it's also an old nickname for petrels--the Giant-Petrel in particular. Also stinker, stinkard, and stinkpot (no hyphen).
Thanks, c_b--forgot about this one. :-)
September 1, 2008
bilby commented on the word stink-pot
Awww, cute!
It's been a bad day for hyphens. See proto-frog.
September 1, 2008
reesetee commented on the word stink-pot
Yes, but they can fly--on the backs of turtles. :-)
September 1, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word stink-pot
RT, that picture warms my heart. *weejies*
September 1, 2008
reesetee commented on the word stink-pot
Thanks, c_b. Me too. It's among my favorite illustrations. :-)
September 1, 2008
bilby commented on the word stink-pot
Albino turtle to boot.
September 2, 2008
reesetee commented on the word stink-pot
I wonder whether it knows any squirrels....
September 2, 2008
bilby commented on the word stink-pot
You think the white stuff rubs off? *scratches head*
September 2, 2008
reesetee commented on the word stink-pot
Maybe it's a heavenly turtle on its way home.
September 2, 2008
bilby commented on the word stink-pot
What we need is a close-up of the frog.
September 3, 2008
reesetee commented on the word stink-pot
Hey! What's that on the back of that mouse?
September 4, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word stink-pot
I think... I think it's ... a flying albino turtle!
September 4, 2008
reesetee commented on the word stink-pot
A tiny flying albino turtle?
September 4, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word stink-pot
(see also stinkpot)
October 10, 2008
yarb commented on the word stink-pot
Citation on woundily.
January 12, 2022