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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Gutter

I know that a channel at the end of a road or on the edge of the roof of a house is called gutter. But the word "gutter" has another meaning which is "the bad social conditions or low moral standards sometimes connected with the lowest level of society" according to oxford dictionary. I want to know where this sense of the word "gutter" originated from.
What does "get your head out of the gutter" mean ?
  

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Gutter = the edge of the roadway, where there are gratings opening to the sewer system for the outflow of rainwater. Such a place is the resting place of much repulsive detritus of urban nightlife.

— Mister Micawber

  • Gutter = the edge of the roadway, where there are gratings opening to the sewer system for the outflow of rainwater.
  • Such a place is the resting place of much repulsive detritus of urban nightlife.
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Gutter = the edge of the roadway, where there are gratings opening to the sewer system for the outflow of rainwater. Such a place is the resting place of much repulsive detritus of urban nightlife.
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