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splices the mainbrace

splices the mainbrace is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 splices the mainbrace

What is splices the mainbrace the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Splices the mainbrace is the third-person singular simple present indicative of splice the mainbrace.

Words near splices the mainbrace in the dictionary

  1. spliceostatin
  2. spliceostatins
  3. splicer
  4. splicers
  5. splices
  6. splices the mainbrace
  7. splicesomal
  8. splicesome
  9. splicesomes
  10. splicing
  11. splicing the mainbrace

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