Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
scuttle butt .
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Examples
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Each man in the mess procured and saved as much water as possible during the previous day; as no person was ever allowed to take more than a pint at a time from the scuttle-cask in which it was kept.
American Prisoners of the Revolution Danske Dandridge
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