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scuttlebutt(dictionary)
Scuttlebutt - Sailing(gambling)

scuttlebutt (iou)



scuttlebutt noun. E19.
[Contr. of SCUTTLED butt.]
A water-butt kept on a ship's deck for drinking from; a drinking-fountain; fig. a source of rumour or gossip. E19.
Rumour, idle gossip, unfounded report. colloq. (orig. US). E20.
R. Ludlum The scuttlebutt then was that you were responsible for the capture and execution of the killer.