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Word: taffrail (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Usage:

Some readers have zero tolerance for the genre of seagoing adventures. To such landlubbers, nautical language all sounds distressingly like shiver-me- mizzenmast or belay-the-taffrail or somesuch, and they quickly jump ship in search of books written in more accessible prose. Too bad for them, because they have therefore missed the high-sailing novels of Patrick O'Brian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sailing Off to the Past | 11/8/1993 | See Source »

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