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Meanings of gutter in inglês

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Object, device, or a natural object that derives liquids away.

português
sargeta
catalão
canalera

A channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater.

sargeta

Misfortune resulting in lost effort or money.

Usage of gutter in inglês
1
The lemon was squeezed; the girls left the rest in the gutter.
Father Goriot
2
Then he fell-inthe gutter; and there was general sorrow and lamentation.
The $30,000 Bequest, and Other Stories
3
I've had one foot in the gutter for a long, long time.
Disciple of the dog
4
It's inconveniently high up, a good four feet above the concrete gutter.
The Atrocity Archives
5
Fresh green leaves floated in murky gutter water, swirling alongside the sidewalks.
On mystic lake
6
They were rewarded: the manuscript lay in a gutter, charred and smudged.
The Longest Journey
7
Still the people were massed solidly from the gutter to the house-steps.
The Governess
8
Fury and any wild movements of the passions were of the gutter.
Flames
9
I'd rather have the gutter and absinthe than the Luxembourg without it.
The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont
10
A fiddler in the gutter was scraping away on an old violin.
Beyond
11
His rifle they found in the gutter not twenty feet from him.
Ray's Daughter: A Story of Manila
12
He pointed to some dirty snow that was banked in the gutter.
Sunny Boy and His Playmates
13
Then he seized the gutter and swung himself up onto the roof.
Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 03
14
At every turn, he sought to drag the debate into the gutter.
News.com.au
15
The Eureka gutter was fast progressing down hill towards the Eureka gully.
The Eureka Stockade
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That was the question, not how it got down into the gutter.
In Troubadour-Land: A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc
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Translations for gutter
português
sargeta
Gutter through the time
Gutter across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Common