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smudge pot 
n. a can, pail, etc., often with a perforated bottom, used to build a smudge (def. 1).
See also: smudge (def. 1 and 2) smudge can
- 1947 We had to keep smudge pots going, and all day long they huddled about them.
- 1957 We used to keep a smudge pot on the tongue of the wagon for the horses--they'd go plumb crazy without it--and another by us on the seat.
- 1947 We had to keep smudge pots going, and all day long they huddled about them.