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try pot — try pot, a large iron pot used by whalers to remove the oil from blubber by cooking … Useful english dictionary
Try pot — A try pot is a large pot used to remove and render the oil from blubber obtained from cetaceans, pinnipeds and also to extract oil from penguins [http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/server/show/conMediaFile.4045/A whaling trypot.html] A Whaling… … Wikipedia
try-pot — /ˈtraɪ pɒt/ (say truy pot) noun (formerly) a vessel used to render down whale blubber into oil. {try (def. 8) + pot1} …
try-pot — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a metallic pot used on a whaler or on shore to render blubber * * * /truy pot /, n. See under tryworks. [1830 40] … Useful english dictionary
try-pot — noun Date: 1795 a metallic pot used on a whaler or on shore to render whale oil from blubber … New Collegiate Dictionary
pot shot — pot ,shot noun count INFORMAL a criticism that is very unfair or that is made only to make someone look bad take a pot shot at 1. ) to try to shoot a thing or person in a way that is not skillful 2. ) to criticize someone or something in an… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
quart into a pint pot — (UK) If you try to put or get a quart into a pint pot, you try to put too much in a small space. (1 quart = 2 pints) (Dorking School Dictionary) *** To say that you can t put a quart into a pint pot means that you cannot fit something… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
quart into a pint pot — (UK) If you try to put or get a quart into a pint pot, you try to put too much in a small space. (1 quart = 2 pints) … The small dictionary of idiomes
Melting Pot (The Charlatans album) — Melting Pot Greatest hits album by The Charlatans Released February 23, 1998 Recorded 1990–1997 … Wikipedia
get a quart into a pint pot — get/put a quart into a pint pot British to try to put too much of something into a small space. I m trying to get this huge pile of clothes crammed into these two drawers. Talk about trying to get a quart into a pint pot! … New idioms dictionary
