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To: Red Badger

“Scupper” is a common Britishism. In this sense, it means “ruin” or “destroy.”


4 posted on 06/12/2012 1:32:42 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Army Air Corps

To me, a ‘scupper’ is a drain hole...........


7 posted on 06/12/2012 1:42:30 PM PDT by Red Badger (Think logically. Act normally.................)
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