The scuttlebutt is they're going to Australia.
Source: tatoeba (26646)
Scuttlebutt
/ˈskʌtəlbʌt/
Synonyms for "scuttlebutt" (45 found)
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The scuttlebutt is that layoffs are coming.
Source: tatoeba (13008033)
[S]o they continue to fire as directed, until they are either sent down to the cock-pit themselves, or have a momentary respite from their exertions, when, choaked with smoke and gunpowder, they go aft to the scuttle-butt, to remove their parching thirst.
Source: wiktionary
In this way, with an occasional break by relieving the wheel, heaving the log, and going to the scuttle-butt for a drink of water, the longest watch was passed away; […]
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