| 单词 | scuttlebutt yarn |
| 释义 | > as lemmasscuttlebutt yarn scuttlebutt yarn n. a yarn originating from talk around a scuttlebutt. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > a false or foolish tale > [noun] spellc888 triflea1250 talea1325 vanity1340 a tale of waltrot1377 fablec1384 niflec1395 triflerya1400 truffc1430 jest1488 winter's talec1555 winter story1646 galley-packet1786 galley-yarn1874 cuffer1887 ploda1903 scuttlebutt yarn1918 just-so story1922 1918 R. W. Kauffman Our Navy at Work xiii. 199 Ships are full of..rumours..which originate in talk exchanged around the skuttle-butt, or drinking barrel, so that all wild stories are branded as ‘scuttle-butt yarns’. < as lemmas |
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