gutbucket

gut buck et |ˈgətˌbəkit ˈɡətbəkɪt | informal ▶noun [ as modifier ] informal (of jazz or blues ) raw and spirited in style: his gutbucket guitar solos. ORIGIN early 20th cent.: perhaps from the earlier denotation of a one-stringed plucked instrument, with reference to its construction, or referring to the bucket that caught gutterings (streams of liquid ) from beer barrels in low-class saloons where such music was played.

gutbucket

gutbucket informal ▶noun 1 Brit. a glutton. 2 [ as modifier ] chiefly N. Amer. (of jazz or blues ) raw and spirited in style: his gutbucket guitar solos. [early 20th cent.: perhaps from the earlier meaning of a one-stringed plucked instrument, with reference to its construction, or referring to the bucket which caught gutterings (streams of liquid ) from beer barrels in low-class saloons where such music was played. ]