Ive heard this used in the UK several times .Unknown about other English speaking Countries
To what object is a "Gurgler" referring to in Slang?
In fact it can be an outdoor or an Indoor Object 2 different things entirely!

Either a toilet or a drain. Extended to mean useless, wasted, spoiled: "Down the gurgler." Also used in Australia.

Well done
Now have you any Idea about the other meaning
Clue:
Still water related, but I doubt if there is a definition on the Web have to trust me on the answer.

Cockney rhyming slang for burglar?

Cutesie nickname for rug-rat? (v. small child)

Fishing fly?

Yes I trust you bedstor..a gurgler....thats you drinking a pint of Newcastle Brown Ale while typing your post really fast!

No..well, if its not a fishing fly as bab says, then its a hot water heater or boiler

None of those Ladies
and Its Thwaites Tetley,Burtonwood beers in this part of England dg

Its outside this thing , It's also an apt adverb for what it is

bedstor..you can drink Newcastle Brown and LIKE it..I'm still waiting for the jar of lemon curd I asked you for and send me a Walnut Whip too please

I will have to keep guessing at this since its obviously so obscure that only you and your immediate family have any idea!

So is it a garden pond or a stream?

Well, if it isn't a fisherman's surface fly for flyfishing, then all that remains is that it is the kind of brook that gurgles as it passes over rough bits on the stream bed. cf. 'a gurgling brook'.

You are both Hot on the trail with stream
Look to the "Origin of this" for the answer

Is it a manhole?

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Originally posted by clarebear:
Is it a manhole?

Gurgler of a manhole..The mind Boggles at the thought

It's something to do with a stream /rivulet ect.. thats is the answer ClareB

Well I would never have thunk that!

Actually, bedstor it's called a utility hole now!


Has the concept of political correctness travelled that far north yet?

That subject has been debated off and on in this forum and on DP for ages. New variants nearly every month

I thought it was called a personhole.

What's the word for 'water fountain'? Is it a bubbler?

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Originally posted by VelvetVoice:
What's the word for 'water fountain'? Is it a bubbler?

I've heard of that description too VV

A gurgler is a rapid.

And, as babs mentioned, it is a type of fishing fly!

As most of you are stumped on this here is the answer
A Gurgler is a small water spring
Does that make sense now?
I lived on top of a hill(as a Kid) that had dozens of these springs and we called them "gurglers" from the sound they made
Also recall I had to pick a safe path across these streams to avoid getting wet (sometimes had to get to school this way)We wore boots most of the year as we where living on a farm.