guinea-pot

Updated: June 29, 2025

'tain't that! says he quick and spiteful-like; 'they have got old like ourselves, and good for fire-wood. Out pickax and spade and digs three foot deep round one, and finding nothing but mould goes at another, makes a little mound all round him, too no guinea-pot.

Charles Reade - It Is Never Too Late to Mend