gypwater

English

Alternative forms

  • gyp water

Noun

gypwater (uncountable)

  1. water with a high level of dissolved gypsum which can cause diarrhea
    • 1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses, →ISBN:
      Rawlins leaned from the saddle and wet his hand in the river and tasted it. It's gypwater, he said.
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