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Nautical Slang from the Nineteenth Century
Cape Horn fever
An illness feigned by a seaman seeking relief from duty.
Damage his pepper box
To attempt to assassinate the master-at-arms by dropping a round shot on his head from aloft or through an open hatchway
(A) Damn-my-eyes-tar
An inexperienced seaman who tried to cover his ignorance with blustering or boisterous behavior
Dance at the gratings
To be flogged formally with a cat
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