stinkpot

stinkpot
1. n. a baby with a dirty diaper. (Also a term of address.)
□ Jimmy’s a stinkpot. Better change him.
□ Come here, you little stinkpot. I’ll fix you.
2. n. anything smelly.
□ What are you barbecuing in this old stinkpot?
□ Why don’t you drive this stinkpot into a service station and get it tuned?
3. n. a motorboat. (Because the engine smells bad, especially when compared to a sailboat.)
□ Those guys in their stinkpots sure make a lot of noise.
□ Those stinkpots just have to be polluting the lake.

Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions. 2015.

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  • stinkpot — a device used by pirates when boarding a ship. The earthenware pots contained potassium nitrate, asafetida (a smelly resin), calcium carbonate and decayed fish. When smashed on deck, a nauseating smoke discouraged the defenders …   Dictionary of ichthyology

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  • stinkpot — noun a) An annoying, bad or undesirable person b) A species of turtle from southeastern Canada, Sternotherus odoratus …   Wiktionary

  • Stinkpot — 1. one who stinks; 2. objectionable person …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • stinkpot — Australian Slang 1. one who stinks; 2. objectionable person …   English dialects glossary

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