spouter
IPA: spˈaʊtɝ
noun
- Anything that spouts.
- Someone who rants or talks nonsense at length.
- A South Sea whale.
- A skilful whaler.
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Examples of "spouter" in Sentences
- The "spouter" was a spray through which Sarah Ann blew coolness on my head, and Johnny had heard of it with interest.
- That’s goes double when the spouter is a minor, and the spoutee an adult — triple when there are small children in the room.
- Sure enough, about two miles to the leeward of us was a fine barque, at once pronounced a 'spouter' (whaler), and an American.
- The "spouter," as the sailors call a whaleman, had sent up his main top-gallant mast and set the sail, and made signal for us to heave to.
- The "spouter," as the sailors call a whaleman, had sent out his main top-gallant mast and set the sail, and made signal for us to heave to.
- We were determined to show the "spouter" how things could be done in a smart ship, with a good crew, though not more than half their number.
- Then, came two or three Americans, who had been the common run of European and South American voyages, and one who had been in a "spouter," and, of course, had all the whaling stories to himself.
- A "spouter" we knew her to be as soon as we saw her, by her cranes and boats, and by her stump top-gallant masts, and a certain slovenly look to the sails, rigging, spars and hull; and when we got on board, we found everything to correspond, - spouter fashion.
- At the close of the services the good deacons would probably feel called upon to take the young man out behind the church and give him a little fatherly advice, the burthen of which would be to become an auctioneer or seek a situation as "spouter" for a snake side-show.
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