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scuttle
noun
verb
An entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship
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noun
An entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship
noun
Container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire
verb
To move about or proceed hurriedly
“So terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground”
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So terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground
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