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Answer for the clue "Despicable person ", 8 letters:
stinkpot

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'" [syn: rotter , dirty dog , rat , skunk , stinker ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Musk \Musk\ (m[u^]sk), n. [F. musc, L. muscus, Per. musk, fr. Skr. mushka testicle, orig., a little mouse. See Mouse , and cd. Abelmosk , Muscadel , Muscovy duck , Nutmeg .] A substance of a reddish brown color, and when fresh of the consistency of honey, ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A stinkpot or stink-pot was an incendiary and suffocating weapon used in the 19th century by China , especially in naval operations. British Admiral Sir William Robert Kennedy recorded the use of the stinkpot in 1856 during the Second China War in his book ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also stink-pot , 1660s, from stink + pot (n.1).

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 An annoying, bad or undesirable person. 2 The (vern: common musk turtle), a species of turtle from southeastern Canada, (taxlink Sternotherus odoratus species noshow=1). 3 The (vern: southern giant petrel), ''Macronectes giganteus''. 4 (context slang ...

Usage examples of stinkpot.

In the course of the argument cannonballs, scimitars, boomerangs, blunderbusses, stinkpots, meatchoppers, umbrellas, catapults, knuckledusters, sandbags, lumps of pig iron were resorted to and blows were freely exchanged.