gurrybutt
English
editNoun
editgurrybutt (plural gurrybutts)
- A receptacle for discarded clam or lobster shells, often a large bowl or small bucket placed directly on the table during a meal.
- 1897, Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous:
- Oh, Penn, dump these in the gurrybutt, ‘fore you sleep. Kin you keep awake that long?”