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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 408 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SCOOP (from M. L. Ger. or M. Du. schope, cf. Du. schoep, a bailing See also:vessel, Ger. schopfen, and, from M. Du. See also:schoppe, Ger. Schuppe, See also:shovel)  , properly a utensil or See also:implement for ladling or bailing out See also:water or liquid from a See also:vessel, and so used of the bucket of a water-See also:wheel or of a dredger; in its most usual sense the word is applied to a small See also:kind of See also:shovel with a See also:short handle and a sharply curved blade, often covered in towards the handle end, and used for the moving and lifting of loose materials or for cutting out a rounded piece from any substance . In journalistic See also:slang, originally See also:American, a " See also:scoop ". is an exclusive piece of See also:information obtained by a newspaper .

End of Article: SCOOP (from M. L. Ger. or M. Du. schope, cf. Du. schoep, a bailing vessel, Ger. schopfen, and, from M. Du. schoppe, Ger. Schuppe, shovel)
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