gluepot

[ gloo-pot ]

noun

1. a double boiler in which glue is melted.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gluepot¹

First recorded in 1475–85; glue + pot ¹

Example Sentences

More and more, employers thought of their workers as tools as interchangeable as any nail or gluepot.

From Time

Although there are no eyewitness accounts, “you can just imagine Lincoln sitting there with a pair of scissors and the gluepot, thinking about how he wanted to do this,” Krowl said.

From Washington Post

If the mistress of a house can use such ordinary tools as a hammer, a screwdriver, a gluepot, and a soldering-iron, a great deal of expense may be saved in small repairs; on the other hand, ignorant meddling with scientific apparatus may be worse than useless.

From Project Gutenberg

If a group of untrained school kids working as part-time pages can keep a copy of the Toronto Star in readable shape for 30 days' worth of several-times-per-day usage, then it's certainly the case that the skilled gluepot ninjas working behind the counter at your local library can easily keep a book patched up and running around the course for a lot more than 26 circuits.

From The Guardian

Mr Ashley is standing in the middle of them, with the gluepot wedged upside down on his head.

From The Guardian