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    Default Sea farers' language

    I don't mean bad language, no, things that would
    be double dutch to shore fellas for example
    Tabnabs, Rosie, Farmer, blackpan & bell breakfast
    Tiger and Sougie I'm sure you can all think of
    many more could be fun

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    Ok bit like a Quiz, Tabnab = sandwich cake, biscuit. Rosie= tea urn, Farmer= 3rd element of watchkeeping. blackpan & bell breakfast will guess either grey funnel line or steward related, Tiger= Captains steward, Sougie= washing bulkheads etc. The following is my contribution Dobie=wahing clothes, sparky= radio operator,Lampy=Bosuns mate, nozzer or peggy= first tripper,Truck= top of Mast.
    Anyway thanks for the opportunity. Roger
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    Yes memories, schooner rigged, head worker, tail end charlie, dogs leg, also known by another name,, still thinking, kt
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    Scouse Liverpudlian
    Mush Southampton Lad (Meaning Mate or Friend)
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    Burgo-Porridge, Pig in a blanket,-sausage rolls.

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    Haven't we had a similar thread before, it was quite exhaustive, especially when we started throwing tech bits in. But my wife soon learned what these were, bulkhead, deck, deckhead, ceiling, striker, dogs cock, smoko, give me a shoiut at ?? rosy, and lots more.

    And just for Victoria - Shore Bosun
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    #6 Gadfly, Kevtch, crab

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    Dogs leg= a Fitch.
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    Dropped a goolie, should be a 7 bell breakfast, I had a trash bin
    as a rosie, but rosie lee tea accepted.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Des Taff Jenkins View Post
    Dogs leg= a Fitch.
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    Yer memory slipping a bit there Des, unless you've mistyped

    A dogsleg is an angled brush either round or flat

    a Fitch is a small flat brush with sloping bristles, normally used for decorative work, plus plimsolls and draught mark edges if you had a pernickety mate.

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