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spliced the mainbrace

spliced the mainbrace is the simple past and past participle of splice the mainbrace.

Meaning of splice the mainbrace

Verb

splice the mainbrace (third-person singular simple present splices the mainbrace, present participle splicing the mainbrace, simple past and past participle spliced the mainbrace)

  1. (idiomatic) To have an alcoholic drink.
    • [T]he skipper invited us to ‘splice the main brace’; which, in the language of the landlubber, means to have a spot of rum.1933, Frank Clune, Try Anything Once, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 89

Questions about spliced the mainbrace

What is spliced the mainbrace the simple past and past participle of?
Spliced the mainbrace is the simple past and past participle of splice the mainbrace.

Words near spliced the mainbrace in the dictionary

  1. splice the mainbrace
  2. splice variant
  3. splice variants
  4. spliceable
  5. spliced
  6. spliced the mainbrace
  7. spliceform
  8. spliceforms
  9. spliceless
  10. spliceoform
  11. spliceoforms

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