Английский Этимологический словарь - scuttlebutt
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Scuttlebutt
scuttlebutt
- 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.
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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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noun Etymology: alteration of scuttled butt butt with a hole cut into it Date: circa 1805 1. a. a cask on shipboard to contain freshwater for a day's use b. a drinking fountain on a ship or at a naval or marine installation 2. rumor, gossip ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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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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