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Word: riggins (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ready to go to sea in earnest. He knew the "riggin' and runnin' gear" as well as the alphabet, but life on a whaler held odd surprises for him. The oddest: having to douse his clothes in urine, the standard detergent aboard the oily whalers, before washing them in sea water...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Thar She Used to Blow | 7/23/1951 | See Source »

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