Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - scuttlebutt
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Scuttlebutt
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n. 1 a water-butt on the deck of a ship, for drinking from. 2 colloq. rumour, gossip. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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~ n AmE informal stories about other people's personal lives, especially containing things that are unkind and untrue about them ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1805, "water cask kept on a ship's deck," from scuttle "opening in a ship's deck" (see scuttle (v.2)) + butt "barrel." Earlier scuttle cask (1777). Meaning "rumor, gossip" first recorded 1901, originally nautical slang, traditionally said to be from sailors' custom of gathering around the scuttlebutt to gossip. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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