gurrybutt

English

Noun

gurrybutt (plural gurrybutts)

1. A receptacle for discarded clam or lobster shells, often a large bowl or small bucket placed directly on the table during a meal.
   • 1897, Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous:

     Oh, Penn, dump these in the gurrybutt, ‘fore you sleep. Kin you keep awake that long?”