meaning: openly, without trickery From Brian Berlin… A trick, common to warships and pirates alike, both of which had very large crews, was to keep…
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Nautical Term/Phrase Wednesday: Shiver Me Timbers
Again from Gary’s website, Phrase Finder An oath, expressing annoyance or surprise. Robert Louis Stevenson used shiver my timbers several times in the original 1883…
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