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Definition of Scuttlebutts
1. scuttlebutt [n] - See also: scuttlebutt
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scuttlebutts
Literary usage of Scuttlebutts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. St. Lucia by Don Philpott (2005)
"scuttlebutts Bar & Grill Rodney Bay Marina (if 452-0351) Tavern style waterside
... scuttlebutts has a swimming pool and a communications centre with fast ..."
2. Sailing South by Philip Sanford Marden (1921)
"It was a providential chance to replenish the water-casks, so he landed and filled
his scuttlebutts with liquid acceptable to the most ..."
3. Public Hygiene by Thomas Stewart Blair (1911)
"... but especially constructed scuttlebutts are coming into use that very much
reduce the danger of infection being conveyed by drinking at a common supply. ..."
4. Public Hygiene by Thomas Stewart Blair (1911)
"The scuttle-butt cup is kept submerged in a formalin solution (1-2500) when not
in use, but especially constructed scuttlebutts are coming into use that ..."
5. Public Hygiene by Thomas Stewart Blair (1911)
"The scuttle-butt cup is kept submerged in a formalin solution (1-2500) when not
in use, but especially constructed scuttlebutts are coming into use that ..."
6. The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany (1816)
"... cut away the wreck to save the bowsprit ; also the main-top-gallant-mast washed
overboard) the waist hen-coops, scuttlebutts, water-casks, fire-buckets, ..."
7. Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion by United States Naval War Records Office, United States Office of Naval Records and Library (1908)
"... cooking utensils, sails, a sufficient number of casks, scuttlebutts, boats,
etc., usual in the merchant service, should go with the vessel. ..."
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