tarpot

Still, it's a nice name, Scraggs, old tarpot -- more particular since I thought it up in a hurry.

Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates Gordon [Illustrator] Grant 1918

Scraggsy, old tarpot, that this mate's been passin 'himself off for you in Honolulu, an' if there's ever an investigation, the trail leads to the _Maggie II_.

Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates Gordon [Illustrator] Grant 1918

Then turning to Captain Scraggs: "Help yourself to the mustard, Scraggsy, old tarpot."

Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates Gordon [Illustrator] Grant 1918

And yet, unpardonably, he neglects the tarpot; and this seems the very soul of the business, the finishing touch -- almost culinary, as when a cook pours on a chocolate sauce.

Chimney-Pot Papers Fritz August Gottfried Endell 1906

But when the pipes were lowered into place and the surface was cobbled but not yet sanded, then the tarpot yielded gum for chewing.

Chimney-Pot Papers Fritz August Gottfried Endell 1906

If one speaker insists -- to change the figure -- on laying all the cobbles of a conversation, he should at least allow another to carry the tarpot and fill in the chinks.

Chimney-Pot Papers Fritz August Gottfried Endell 1906

"When in doubt, Scraggsy, old tarpot, always play trumps.

Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates Gordon [Illustrator] Grant 1918

"Scraggsy, old tarpot, you've been a long time comin 'through on the imagination, but you've sure arrived with all sail set.

Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates Gordon [Illustrator] Grant 1918

Scraggsy, old tarpot, if we're goin 'to turn over a new leaf an' be Christians, let's sail under a full cloud o 'canvas. "

Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates Gordon [Illustrator] Grant 1918

But, before we go, Cainy, bring the tarpot, and we'll mark this lot and have done with 'em. "

Far from the Madding Crowd 1874