• qwerty
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    9 months ago

    Thanks. I tried to look it up and all I found was something about a hole in a ship.

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      9 months ago

      Well that’s where it originated from. Scuppers on ships were the deck drains that let water that came over the railings drain back out.

      A ship was deemed scuppered when it was so low in the water that water could now enter through the scuppers, which is a bit of a point of no return in sinking a ship. No bailing or pumping will help at that point.