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splicing the mainbrace

splicing the mainbrace is the present participle and gerund 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 splicing the mainbrace

What is splicing the mainbrace the present participle and gerund of?
Splicing the mainbrace is the present participle and gerund of splice the mainbrace.

Words near splicing the mainbrace in the dictionary

  1. splices the mainbrace
  2. splicesomal
  3. splicesome
  4. splicesomes
  5. splicing
  6. splicing the mainbrace
  7. splicings
  8. splicosome
  9. splicosomes
  10. splif
  11. spliff

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