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Definition of 'scup'Etymology 1
Shortened form of (etyl) The full word was borrowed as scuppaug.
(Stenotomus)
Noun
( en-noun)
A fish, ; the porgy.
* 1995 , “sheepshead”'', entry in Percy Russell, Anita Williams, ''The Nutrition and Health Dictionary , page 391 ,
- A saltwater fish, a cousin of porgies and scups . The sheepshead has large, broad incisor teeth, much like a sheep.
* 2006 , Alice Jane Lippson, Robert L. Lippson, Life in the Chesapeake Bay , page 276 ,
- Scup , in the Bay also called porgy, maiden, and fairmaid, are rather plain-looking fish — dull silver with 12 to 15 indistinct vertical stripes, flecked with light blue on their sides.
*{{quote-news|year=2007|date=August 8|author=Brett Martin|title=First a Hook, Then Ink: An Artist’s Catch|work=New York Times citation
|passage=On a lark, he took a small scup , or porgy, and a stamp pad and demonstrated how to make a print.}}
Etymology 2
(etyl) schop.
Noun
( en-noun)
(US|dialect) A swing.
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