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gutbucket

informal
Definition of gutbucket

noun

  • 1British a glutton.
  • 2 [as modifier] chiefly North American (of jazz or blues) raw and spirited in style:his gutbucket guitar solos
    [ early 20th century: perhaps from the earlier meaning of a one-stringed plucked instrument, with reference to its construction, or referring to the bucket which caught gutterings (streams of liquid) from beer barrels in low-class saloons where such music was played]

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