watter
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of watter
Example Sentences
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TS Queen Mary was built in 1933 by shipbuilders William Denny in Dumbarton, for many years providing "doon the watter" trips from Glasgow to destinations such as Dunoon, Rothesay, Millport and Arran.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2023
It'd be a lot cooler if we brought back "watter" with two T's, "stopp'd" with two P's and "holling" with two L's.
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 31, 2020
At first, Glaswegians mainly used their break to head "doon the watter", taking steamboats down the Clyde to the Ayrshire coast.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2014
During the debate, a Tory M.P. wondered if Follick proposed to spell water u-o-o-r-t-e-r, pointed out that "some Cockneys say wa'er and Americans say watter, but how do the Scotsmen say it?"
From Time Magazine Archive
An' I roared fur 'elp, fur I cudn't git up, an' the watter wur oop to my chin.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, July 23, 1887. by Various
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