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To: ransomnote
Bonjour y'all! Laissez le bon Trump rouler!!!

Know your Nautical terminology

bone in her teeth
A phrase describing the appearance of vessel throwing up a prominent bow wave while travelling at high speed. From a vantage point in front of the vessel, the wave rising in either side of the bow evokes the image of a dog carrying a bone in its mouth, and the vessel is said to have a bone in her teeth.

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Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

16 posted on 07/01/2021 1:33:48 PM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: LonePalm
bone in her teeth

A phrase describing the appearance of vessel throwing up a prominent bow wave while travelling at high speed. From a vantage point in front of the vessel, the wave rising in either side of the bow evokes the image of a dog carrying a bone in its mouth, and the vessel is said to have a bone in her teeth.

I woulda never guessed that in a gajillionty years, even if I had ever stopped to wonder about that phrase.

Which I didn't.

Good one, LP.


78 posted on 07/01/2021 3:15:19 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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