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Death or money boats
| Глоссарий морской лексики и терминологии (английский язык) |
So termed from the risk in such frail craft. they were very long, very narrow, and as thin as the skiffs of our rivers. during the war of 1800-14 they carried gold between dover and calais, and defied the custom-house officers.
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Debark, to, английский
To land; to go on shore.
Deal beach, английский
This coast consists of gravelly shingle; and a man who is pock-marked, or in galley-cant cribbage-faced, is figuratively said to have been rolled on deal beach.
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