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Scuttlebutt
[SKUH-dl-bət]
Part of speech: noun
Origin: North American English, early 19th century
1.
Rumor.
2.
Gossip.
Examples of Scuttlebutt in a sentence
"Tell me everything! I need the scuttlebutt."
"The scuttlebutt is that she's found a new job."
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