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Devil to pay and no pitch hot
Глоссарий морской лексики и терминологии (английский язык) |
The seam which margins the water-ways was called the “devil,” why only caulkers can tell, who perhaps found it sometimes difficult for their tools. the phrase, however, means service expected, and no one ready to perform it. impatience, and naught to satisfy it.
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Impatience, английский
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Dholl, английский
A kind of dried split pea supplied in india to the navy.
Devilry, английский
Spirited roguery; wanton mischief, short of crime.
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