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Hawse comes from the Anglo Saxon word Heals meaning neck. It seems to have then gone on to be used for the name of the prow of a ship. Could winger come from someone who is waiting in the wings as in stage speak i.e. someone waiting to take part ~ so in this case the waiter who is in the background waiting to take part in the meal by serving, clearing dishes etc. Just a thought.
Originally Posted by Neville Roberts how about the saying, more meat on a chickens lip. as in not much meat on the bone . or more meat on a butchers pencil.can be used to say someone is thin . A thin person, someone like a bean pole with the wood shaved off.
Happy daze John in Oz. Life is too short to blend in. John Strange R737787 World Traveller
another one is seen more meat on a sparrows hind leg
KISS.keep it simple stupid
Spent more time at sea on a piece of oily waste. John Sabourn
Originally Posted by j.sabourn Spent more time at sea on a piece of oily waste. John Sabourn pourd more salt water out my sea boots than youve sailed on regarda cappy
Originally Posted by cappy pourd more salt water out my sea boots than youve sailed on regarda cappy didnt mean that personally john youve definetalygot me beaten by oceans on that one regards from costa del shields
Cappy.... You dont have a portable computer, and sitting in the Ferry Inn sending these are you. or perhaps the Mechanics now that it has been fumigated. Is Mill dam mission still open for the phillipinos. Cheers John Sabourn
yes john the missions still open and one old hand i know goes every friday for fish and chips the mechs is not asailors pub any more the old alum house is still there but the best salors bar used to be the eagle now its a dixons pork an d savaloy shop the veiw across the river to n shields you wouldnt know its flattened from theroyal quays down to where the jungle used to be docks all gone but i did see 5 big bulkers off the piers bringing coal from poland i believe on sunday makes u feel sad to see it all now oh to be young again regards cappy from shields yes all phillipinos in the mission capn bills oppos lol cappy
Met a Bosun once-he said he'd been at sea so long he had more barnacles on his bum than the Titanic !
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"Wallop" I seem to remember my Mother saying my Grandfather had gone for a "Pint of Wallop" he must have been born in 18?? , she was born in 1917. Where did that one come from ?
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