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Stinkpot

Definition: Stinkpot

Stinkpot

Noun

1. 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!".

2. Small freshwater turtle having a strong musky odor.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "stinkpot" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1916. (references)


Synonyms: Stinkpot

Synonyms: bum (n), crumb (n), lowlife (n), musk turtle (n), puke (n), rat (n), rotter (n), scum bag (n), skunk (n), so-and-so (n), stinker (n). (additional references)

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Use in Literature: Stinkpot

TitleAuthorQuote

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

Go away, you stinkpot.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Stinkpot

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

stinkpot

10

stinkpot turtle

10
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Stinkpot

Language Translations for "stinkpot"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Russian 

  

химическая шашка. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

savaşta kullanılan pis koku yayan kap, pis kokan şey (stinker), iğrenç tip (insect, jerk, toad). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

con vật hôi (stinkard). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Stinkpot

Derivations

Words beginning with "stinkpot": stinkpots. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Stinkpot" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Atikpo. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Stinkpot

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "i-k-n-o-p-s-t-t"

-1 letter: inkpots.

-2 letters: inkpot, pinkos, pinots, pintos, piston, pitons, points, postin, spinto, stinko, stotin.

-3 letters: ikons, kinos, knits, knops, knosp, knots, oinks, opsin, pinko, pinks, pinot, pinto, pints, pions, piton, point, posit, skint, stink, stint, stopt, tints, toits, topis.

-4 letters: ikon, inks, into, ions, kino, kins, kips, kist, kits, knit, knop, knot, kois, kops, nips.

 Words containing the letters "i-k-n-o-p-s-t-t"
 

+1 letter: stinkpots.

 

+3 letters: kinetoplast.

 

+4 letters: kinetoplasts.

 

+5 letters: streptokinase.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Quotations: Fiction
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Derivations
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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