Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling or characteristic of a gutter.

Etymologies

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gutter +‎ -like

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Examples

  • Leading his own forces by a length, he vaulted the orchestra rail and lit lightly where a scared oboe player had been squatted a moment before; Mink breasted the gutterlike edging of the footlights and leaped upward, teetering a moment in space.

    The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights 1910

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