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.