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spudgel † [< Brit.dial.] Nfld 
n. a small bucket affixed to the end of a staff, for bailing boats.
- 1775 (1792) The boat proved so leaky, that the spudgel was scarce ever out of hand.
- 1937 The engine did not require a water intake, but pumped the water out of the boat, which with the help of a spudgel kept the level sufficiently low.
- 1775 (1792) The boat proved so leaky, that the spudgel was scarce ever out of hand.