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scuttle·butt (skut′'l but′)

noun

  1. Naut. a drinking fountain on shipboard
  2. ☆ Informal rumor or gossip

Etymology: orig. < scuttled butt, a cask or butt with an opening for a dipper

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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