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- noun Plural form of
scupper . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
scupper .
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Examples
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The swishing of the water as it spouted from the scuppers was a deal louder than the clang of the chain-pumps.
The Battle of the Strong — Volume 3 A Romance of Two Kingdoms Gilbert Parker 1897
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The swishing of the water as it spouted from the scuppers was a deal louder than the clang of the chain-pumps.
The Battle of the Strong — Complete A Romance of Two Kingdoms Gilbert Parker 1897
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The swishing of the water as it spouted from the scuppers was a deal louder than the clang of the chain-pumps.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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Then I noticed that these little bits of plastic along the side of the boat, called scuppers, which let water out instead of letting it in, had disappeared.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Cole Moreton 2012
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So the very fact of it being low cal kind of scuppers one or at best and seems after the first time to slow fat loss down as with low cal it slows down metabolism.
Rapid health improvements with a Paleolithic diet | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009
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It seems the reason for this is that the various Concentration Modes that the game features (more on those later) don't sit well in a co-op environment, while the fact that Ray and Thomas don't necessarily fight side-by-side throughout the whole campaign kind of scuppers the co-operative notion.
TotalVideoGames.com 2009
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The water swept her from end to end, and between the regular swish of the downfall and the sucking rush through the scuppers, one felt vicious digs, kicks and punts as various waves hit her on various sides.
Weatherwatch 2011
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There is an outside chance a European regulatory review scuppers the NYSE deal, or imposes heavy conditions, because of the dominance a combined group would have in European derivatives.
Time for Nasdaq to Stand Down David Reilly 2011
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Holt scuppers the move with a miscued flick ... and Spurs hurtle forward ... before coming undone with another wayward Bale shot.
Norwich City v Tottenham Hotspur – as it happened | Paul Doyle 2011
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Two break points –he shovels the first long and a string scuppers the next, piyonging off the racket and sending the ball exploding long.
Novak Djokovic v Rafael Nadal - as it happened! | John Ashdown 2011
dogdoc commented on the word scuppers
Nautical. Chiefly plural. An opening in a ship's side on a level with the deck to allow water to run away.
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April 17, 2024