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Up the spout

prep_phrase, slang

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Prep_phrase
  1. 1
    Broken; not functional or workable; kaput. slang

    "I think the left speaker is up the spout."

  2. 2
    In the chamber, having an ammunition round in a weapon's chamber. slang

    "He went into the attack with his rifle cocked and with one up the spout."

  3. 3
    Pregnant. slang

    "Did you know that she's up the spout?"

  4. 4
    At the pawnbroker's shop (in allusion to the spout up which the pawnbroker sent the ticketed articles). archaic, slang

    "to put/shove/pop something up the spout"

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