gutted
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of gutted
First recorded in 1990–95; gut ( def. ) + -ed 2 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Another night past in peace within the settlement of the Hutted Knoll.
From Wyandotte by Cooper, James Fenimore
August was over, and September with its fruits had succeeded, promising to bring the year round without any new or extraordinary incidents to change the fortunes of the inmates of the Hutted Knoll.
From Wyandotte by Cooper, James Fenimore
The next year he published the Wyandotte or Hutted Knoll, one of his beautiful romances of the woods, and in 1844 two more of his sea-stories, Afloat and Ashore and Miles Wallingfordits sequel.
From Precaution by Cooper, James Fenimore
As a matter of course, the object of the greatest interest, as it was the most conspicuous, was the Hutted Knoll, as the house was now altogether called, and the objects it contained.
From Wyandotte by Cooper, James Fenimore
The men sent in advance had not been idle, any more than those left at the Hutted Knoll.
From Wyandotte by Cooper, James Fenimore
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