spout : Idioms & Phrases


Land spout

  • a descent of cloud and water in a conical form during the occurrence of a tornado and heavy rainfall on land.
Webster 1913

To put, shove, ∨ pop, up the spout

  • to pawn or pledge at a pawnbroker's; in allusion to the spout up which the pawnbroker sent the ticketed articles. Cant
Webster 1913