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Scuttlebutt   Listen
noun
scuttlebutt  n.  
1.
See scuttle butt.
2.
A drinking fountain on board a ship or at a naval station.
3.
The latest gossip; rumors.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Scuttlebutt" Quotes from Famous Books



... days out. Foggy; can't see two lengths; two of us on the lookout—Ham is under the scuttlebutt, drunk; whiskey lower; slight connection here, maybe—Women are quarreling among themselves; they're a heap of trouble; never quiet till they're seasick; found out they get seasick in a head sea; will remember this—The lion got out last night and made a lunch out of my wife's ...
— The Grain Ship • Morgan Robertson



Words linked to "Scuttlebutt" :   scandal, rumor, account, hearsay, talk of the town, grapevine, dirt, talk, earful, word of mouth, report, rumour, gossip, pipeline, malicious gossip, comment



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