DCHP-3

pail smudge

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a smudge pot, consisting of a pail filled with burning wood and covered with damp leaves, hay, etc., which sends up clouds of smoke to repel insects.

Quotations

1955
We girls and Mother looked like wild witches, our long hair flying, our faces smudged with dirt, as we huddled over a "pail smudge" of wormwood in the centre of the wagon.