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Re: Did you know ?
Another seafaring term is " show a leg" or "shake a leg" ie to get a move on...
In the days of sail when the ship was in port the men were allowed to bring there wive's onboard BUT they still had to turn to in the morning.
the bosun would come down to where the men would sleep and shout
"show a leg"
the hairy ones got thrown out of their hammock to go on shift
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