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gurrybutt

gurrybutt noun: a receptacle for discarded clam or lobster shells, often a large bowl or small bucket placed directly on the table during a meal.

Noun

gurrybutt (plural gurrybutts)

  1. A receptacle for discarded clam or lobster shells, often a large bowl or small bucket placed directly on the table during a meal.
    • Oh, Penn, dump these in the gurrybutt, ‘fore you sleep. Kin you keep awake that long?”1897, Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous

Forms of gurrybutt

pluralgurrybutts

Questions about gurrybutt

What does gurrybutt mean?
Gurrybutt means a receptacle for discarded clam or lobster shells, often a large bowl or small bucket placed directly on the table during a meal.
What part of speech is gurrybutt?
Gurrybutt is a noun.
What is the plural of gurrybutt?
The plural of gurrybutt is gurrybutts.

Words near gurrybutt in the dictionary

  1. gurry
  2. gurry-but
  3. gurry-buts
  4. gurry-butt
  5. gurry-butts
  6. gurrybutt
  7. gurrybutts
  8. gursh
  9. gurshes
  10. Gurski
  11. Gurskis

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