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Examples of scuttlebutt
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As we tuck into our hot curries, we're already knee-deep in political scuttlebutt.
From the economist.com
With Tkachuk, I don't hear any scuttlebutt about the possibility of that happening.
From the stltoday.com
It has become the scuttlebutt of the chav mentality, are you a chav at heart?
From the independent.co.uk
Scuttlebutt has it that he's turned down an offer of $70,000 for the antlers alone.
From the washingtontimes.com
I don't spend much time around Rome, so I cannot say what the scuttlebutt is there.
From the economist.com
She endures scuttlebutt that, sooner or later, her role will be eliminated.
From the courier-journal.com
Preseason scuttlebutt in Howard County had Atholton as a team on the rise.
From the washingtonpost.com
Mrs. Clinton is said by her aides to brush off the scuttlebutt about her low profile.
From the nytimes.com
Based on the scuttlebutt, this led to Weber having some bad feelings with management.
From the delawareonline.com
- Gossip: a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people; "the divorce caused much gossip"
- Scuttlebutt in slang usage means rumor or gossip, deriving from the nautical term for the cask used to serve water (or, later, a water fountain). Retrieved 2008-03-16
- A butt with a scuttle, a keg of drinking water with a hole cut in it, on board ship; Gossip, rumour, idle chatter
- Gossip. People talking about things that may or may not be true, usually about other people or events. The term scuttlebutt evolved from the name of a keg containing water and alcohol that sailors used to gather about before meals.
- A barrel with a hole in used to hold water that sailors would drink from. Also: gossip.
- Gossip. So named after a water cask around which sailors used to gather and drink.
- A butt was a barrel. Scuttle meant to chop a hole in something. The scuttlebutt was a water barrel with a hole cut into it so that sailors could reach in and dip out drinking water. The scuttlebutt was the place where the ship's gossip was exchanged.
- Rumours or gossip. The origin of the term is literally a scuttled butt, or breached cask, which was usually lashed on the deck. It was used to contain the fresh water for daily use, and sailors met there to draw water and exchange gossip.
- Gossip, RUMOR; derived from an open cask of drinking water on-board ship (the progenitor of the office water-cooler); see BAMBOO TELEGRAPH, POOP, GOUGE, THE WORD, GREEN GREASE, BACK CHANNEL, CHINESE WHISPER, GRIPEVINE.
