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gone north about

gone north about verb: dead, of sailor or seaman whose cause of death was anything except by drowning.

Verb

gone north about

  1. (idiomatic, obsolete) Dead, of sailor or seaman whose cause of death was anything except by drowning.
    • ..And he's gone on a cruise he liked better than the one you'd have had him; but that's no matter; I had better have gone north about twenty times over than come athwart you.1827, William Bennett, Owain Goch
  2. (idiomatic) Dead.

gone north about meaning in Bengali

gone north about in Bengali

মৃত

Questions about gone north about

What does gone north about mean?
Gone north about means dead, of sailor or seaman whose cause of death was anything except by drowning.
What is gone north about in Bengali?
Gone north about in Bengali is মৃত. See Gone north about meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is gone north about?
Gone north about is a verb.

Words near gone north about in the dictionary

  1. gone nap on
  2. gone narrow
  3. gone native
  4. gone negative
  5. gone night-night
  6. gone north about
  7. gone nowhere
  8. gone nowhere fast
  9. gone nuclear
  10. gone nuts
  11. gone off

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