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gurrybutts

gurrybutts is the plural of gurrybutt.

Meaning of gurrybutt

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

Questions about gurrybutts

What is gurrybutts the plural of?
Gurrybutts is the plural of gurrybutt.

Words near gurrybutts in the dictionary

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

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