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gutbucket

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gut⋅buck⋅et

  [guht-buhk-it]
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–noun
jazz played in the raucous and high-spirited style of barrelhouse.
Origin:
1925–30; gut + bucket
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gut·buck·et   (gŭt'bŭk'ĭt)   
n.  

  1. An early type of jazz characterized by a strong beat and rollicking delivery, similar to barrelhouse.

  2. A homemade bass instrument.


[From gutbucket bass, a type of homemade bass instrument made from a bucket.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
gutbucket [ˈgətbəkɪt]

  1. n.
    a chamber pot, especially one used in a prison cell. (See also gash bucket.) : You got something around here I can use as a gutbucket?
  2. n.
    a toilet; a makeshift toilet. : Where's the gutbucket around here?
  3. n.
    the stomach. : Sam poked Pete right in the gutbucket.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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