11. He is about to escape on a train when Patty sees him and scuppers his plans. 12. A new deal would scupper the hopes of big-spending Chelsea to sign the prolific goalscorer. 13. He finally saved yet another crew member, lying unconscious in the scuppers , before abandoning ship. 14. These are men whose aim is less to scupper the peace process than to exist politically within it. 15. In the mid-20th century, scupper became British underworld slang for " prostitute ." 16. There they were joined by the silver fleet from Vera Cruz, loaded to the scuppers with ingots. 17. But the move is considered a political gamble that could scupper the treaty and threaten his own career. 18. Where they are used to collect water from a scupper they may be known as a conductor head. 19. Eventually, Scuppers repairs his ship and sails away, arriving at a seaport in a foreign land. 20. Over at the Cellucci campaign, strategists argue that the Democrats'ambitious plans will scupper their own hopes.
