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gluepot

noun

Etymology

From glue + pot.

  1. inherited from *budnós✻
  2. inherited from *puttaz✻
  3. derived from *pott✻
  4. derived from pot — “pot”
  5. inherited from pott
  6. inherited from pot
  7. compounded as gluepot — “glue + pot”

Definitions

  1. A pot for holding glue.

    • Near-synonym: pastepot

  2. Synonym of sticky wicket.

  3. A muddy playing field.

    • Frequent showers from the dark clouds that swept in and out over the Sydney Football Stadium turned the surface into something of a gluepot.
    • Bradman countered a ‘gluepot’ pitch by opening with his tailenders and went to the wicket at 2.50pm the following day when Australia were 97 for 5.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA