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Charley Noble

Charley Noble is the alternative form of Charlie Noble.

Meaning of Charlie Noble

Noun

Charlie Noble (plural Charlie Nobles)

  1. (slang) A funnel for discharging smoke from the galley.
    • One of the last customs that passed from the decks of the modern navy was the “shooting of Charlie Noble.” The chimney or galley-stack of the ship's kitchen was dignified by the name of Charlie Noble, and when the galley-stack became clogged with soot the ship's cook fired a blank cartridge up it...1917, Orton Porter Jackson, Frank Edgar Evans, The Marvel Book of American Ships, page 357

Forms of Charley Noble

pluralCharley Nobles

Questions about Charley Noble

What is Charley Noble the alternative form of?
Charley Noble is the alternative form of Charlie Noble.

Words near Charley Noble in the dictionary

  1. Charlevoix disease
  2. Charlewood
  3. charley
  4. charley horse
  5. charley horses
  6. Charley Noble
  7. Charley Nobles
  8. charley-horse
  9. charley-horses
  10. Charley-pitcher
  11. Charley-pitchers

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