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through the hawsehole

through the hawsehole prepositional phrase: of an officer: having risen from the grade of an ordinary seaman, whose original position in the vessel was forward, before the mast.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (slang) Of an officer: having risen from the grade of an ordinary seaman, whose original position in the vessel was forward, before the mast.

Questions about through the hawsehole

What does through the hawsehole mean?
Through the hawsehole means of an officer: having risen from the grade of an ordinary seaman, whose original position in the vessel was forward, before the mast.
What part of speech is through the hawsehole?
Through the hawsehole is a prepositional phrase.

Words near through the hawsehole in the dictionary

  1. through stones
  2. through street
  3. through the ceiling
  4. through the floor
  5. through the gate
  6. through the hawsehole
  7. through the looking glass
  8. through the looking-glass
  9. through the mill
  10. through the roof
  11. through the sunroof

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