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Quid 164: At two bells they would steal along the waist to the cook’s galley.at bell, n.1
Quid 164: At two bells they would steal along the waist to the cook’s galley. ‘The Ship’s Butcher’ in Quid 203: The sheep he must attend [...] One by one the bleaters get the water.at bleater, n.1
Quid 246: My head came in contact with a cocoa-nut tree. The blow loosened the fruit; one fell on my head, and convinced me, by knock-down argument, that I was awake.at knock-down, adj.
‘Battle of the Pigs’ in Quid 170: Out pour’d the Tribe of Grunters.at grunter, n.
Quid 11: A wild, rattle-headed, talkative fellow.at rattle-head, n.
Quid 40: There you have hit it.at hit it, v.
Quid 226: We are sure to get to loggerheads. Every thing goes wrong; and the skipper as cross as the devil.at get/go/come to loggerheads (v.) under loggerhead, n.
‘Nelly Brown’ in Quid 62: Down dropp’d I on my marrow-bones.at marrowbones, n.
Quid 11: Three saplings, youths; the two first, middies.at middy, n.
‘Conversation Between a Flea and a Musquitto’ in Quid 264: Musquitto he got handsome face, Flea got ugly mug.at mug, n.1
Quid 263: That was a stinger indeed for him.at stinger, n.
Quid 234: Fid [...] seized the snake by the tail and hove him overboard, saying, ‘There you go, you swab!’.at swab, n.
‘Battle of the Pigs’ in Quid 170: Each young grunter guzzled up his whack.at whack, n.1
‘On Smoking’ in Quid 196: The light cigar may do by light of day. / But for the night give me a yard of clay.at yard of clay (n.) under yard, n.4
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