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Here you go guys.. I had to look it up the first time I heard the term also.
scup•per
Pronunciation: (skup'ur), [key]
—n.
1. Naut.a drain at the edge of a deck exposed to the weather, for allowing accumulated water to drain away into the sea or into the bilges. Cf. freeing port.
2. a drain, closed by one or two flaps, for allowing water from the sprinkler system of a factory or the like to run off a floor of the building to the exterior.
3. any opening in the side of a building, as in a parapet, for draining off rain water.
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