stinkpot

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In the well-established U.S. tradition, there was plenty of wall-to-wall luxury in the 500-odd models on display, from the lowliest stinkpot to the "queen" of the show�a 45-ft.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sure, I'm going out with him again, you little stinkpot.

From Four and Twenty Beds by Vogel, Nancy

But in some degree it was merely a development of the "stinkpot" which the Chinese have employed for years.

From Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons by Abbot, Willis J. (Willis John)

I am sorry to see that Erasmus imitated his enemies and at times was ambidextrous in the use of the literary stinkpot.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers by Hubbard, Elbert

This is because your writer uses his kazoo in getting even with his supposed enemy—he flings the rhetorical stinkpot with precision, and his grievances come into a prominence all out of keeping with their importance.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians by Hubbard, Elbert