Definition of "paste-pot" [paste-pot]

• A pot or vessel for holding paste. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Who is up next the Vulture and paste-pot pete. brian says:"
• "He saw Mort apply glue to the back of the clipping with the brush attached to the cover of his paste-pot."
• "And as he sang, the prophetic words rose upon the air, and were wafted, together with an odor of new leather and paste-pot, out of the window, and fell upon the ear of a ragged urchin with an armful of hand-bills."