scuttlebutt

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“During this entire process there had been a million rumors and five million scuttlebutts about what’s happening or what might happen,” PPI chairman Robert Carzoli said.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 19, 2023

The scuttlebutts with water in 'em was on deck handy, and most of them below was empty where you wa'n't likely to trouble 'em for a while yet.

From The Mutineers by Hawes, Charles Boardman

In all ships it is the custom to carry one or more casks called scuttlebutts on deck, into which fresh water is pumped for the use of the crew.

From The Frozen Pirate by Russell, W. Clark (William Clark)

I seemed by instinct to know that these were the scuttlebutts and went for the chopper, with which I returned and got into this hollow, that was four or five feet deep.

From The Frozen Pirate by Russell, W. Clark (William Clark)