Wiktionary
scuttle-butt
n. (alternative spelling of scuttlebutt English)
Usage examples of "scuttle-butt".
If the Army was successful in fielding a regimental-size airborne force-and there was already scuttle-butt that the Army intended to redesignate the 82nd Infantry Division as the 82nd Airborne Division-this would constitute a threat to the Marine Corps' perception of itself, and, more im-portant, to the Congress's perception of the Marine Corps, as the assault element of United States military forces.