stinkpot

Example Sentences

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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

Then this confounded stinkpot of a bombshell burst in our midst.

From Lalage's Lovers by Birmingham, George A.

"The little stinkpot has to have a place to play!" she exclaimed.

From Four and Twenty Beds by Vogel, Nancy

"I hope it's better than that new kind of stinkpot you invented for choir-practice," remarked a cynic from the corner of the study.

From The Lighter Side of School Life by Hay, Ian

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