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Word: foretop (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...evening the new chum's uniform hung on him like a sack. He was run over by the crew of the foretop in a rush for hammocks and, when he staggered to the fo'c'sle with his own bursting hammock, was coldly asked by an officer if he was "carrying guts to a bear." After making up the hammock with non-regulation sheets as large as small sails, he fell out of it twice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Making of a Seaman | 7/9/1945 | See Source »

...Admiral's wake: "About five on Sunday morning . . . when the faintest grey of dawn appears in the east, an ancient pilot stationed in the forechains of La Galante sees a black cone on the horizon pricking up into the dome of paling stars. He climbs cautiously to the foretop to make certain, and sings out Albricias! Que tenemos tierra...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEROES: Rediscovery | 2/12/1940 | See Source »

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