scuttlebutt , also: scuzbut dialect

But those who do can expect to wait between two and four years to get the scuttlebutt.

In the last hour he'd completely had it with scuttlebutt.

She tried to avoid it, but more than once found herself the subject of scuttlebutt.

I heard some of the scuttlebutt recently, but I'm just thrilled with what they hand over.

Of those brought to court, the scuttlebutt is that all but three were convicted.

It only took a moment for him to remember the scuttlebutt he'd heard from the command office.

"There's a lot of scuttlebutt about the Government taking both over.

No, some of the biggest scuttlebutt is about football agents.

"Surely you've heard the scuttlebutt about people close to your father?

"It took no more than nine minutes for the scuttlebutt to circulate."

At least that was the early scuttlebutt on base.

I was one of his favorite subjects, and he passed station house scuttlebutt straight back to me.

"Yeah, well, you know not to believe all the scuttlebutt you hear."

Besides, scuttlebutt said this particular operation was in a more worthy cause than most.

"That's the scuttlebutt from my treatment chair," the dentist said.

He'd already heard scuttlebutt about those two and hoped they didn't get into trouble for it.

"Thanks, but I can't place a lot of confidence in office scuttlebutt."

It comes down to the written evaluations and scuttlebutt.

She could hear the upcoming scuttlebutt before it happened.

The scuttlebutt is that he didn't get much sleep last night."

The scuttlebutt has it that her husband's been trying to get a divorce for several years so he could marry his secretary.

At least I remember from some of the scuttlebutt whispers at the time.

"I can get out some convincing scuttlebutt as to why we're cleaning house here.

I went to a scuttlebutt and bathed my face.

According to the scuttlebutt, but his chances ran somewhere between slim and none.