See Also: stomacher(medicine)
scuttlebutt(dictionary)
stomacher(1)(dictionary)
stomacher(2)(dictionary)
scuttlebutt(dictionary)
Scuttlebutt - Sailing(gambling)

stomacher(2) (iou) and scuttlebutt (iou)


stomacher(2) (iou)



stomacher noun2. E19.
[from STOMACH noun + -ER1.]
A blow to the stomach.

scuttlebutt (iou)



scuttlebutt noun. E19.
[Contr. of SCUTTLED butt.]
A water-butt kept on a ship's deck for drinking from; a drinking-fountain; fig. a source of rumour or gossip. E19.
Rumour, idle gossip, unfounded report. colloq. (orig. US). E20.
R. Ludlum The scuttlebutt then was that you were responsible for the capture and execution of the killer.