Meaning of gluepot | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A pot for holding glue.
2. Synonym of sticky wicket.
3. A muddy playing field.
   Australia, informal

Examples

“Near-synonym: pastepot”

“Frequent showers from the dark clouds that swept in and out over the Sydney Football Stadium turned the surface into something of a gluepot.”

“"We want to bring back the glue-pot. We're going to bog up the wings, bog up the goal squares, have big pools of water on the 50-metre arcs, and the centre square is going to be one of those really squeaky, sticky glue-pots that is a little bit on the nose.”

“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.”

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