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stinkpot

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stink·pot  (stngkpt)
n.
1. Slang A person who is despised.
2. A small musk turtle (Sternotherus odoratus) of the eastern and southern United States, usually found on the bottom of ponds and small streams.
3. Slang A motorboat.
4. An earthenware jar containing combustibles emitting a suffocating smoke, formerly used in naval warfare. Also called stinkball.

stinkpot [ˈstɪŋkˌpɒt]
n
1. Slang a person or thing that stinks
2. Slang a person considered to be unpleasant
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for musk turtle
4. (Military) Also called stink ball Military (formerly) a container filled with material that gives off noxious or suffocating vapours
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Noun1.stinkpot - a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptiblestinkpot - 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!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'"
disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
2.stinkpot - small freshwater turtle having a strong musky odorstinkpot - small freshwater turtle having a strong musky odor
mud turtle - bottom-dwelling freshwater turtle inhabiting muddy rivers of North America and Central America


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Mr Marshall was a front-seat passenger in a car coming up a steep slope known locally as Stinkpot Hill - returning home from an event at Cardiff's Marriott Hotel with his girlfriend Erica, her father, retired firefighterDerek Swanson, and her stepmother Denise.
I'd just as soon go right through life being Sidney as changing to Stinkpot.
Spatial and Temporal Activity and Movement Patterns of Stinkpot turtles (Sternotherus odoratus) in a Small Lake in Southwestern Michigan.
 
 
 
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