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fireship

English

Etymology

From fire +? ship.

Pronunciation

Noun

fireship (plural fireships)

  1. (nautical) A sailing ship that has been set alight and left to drift into an opposing fleet. Famously used by Englishman Sir Francis Drake when fighting the Spanish Armada of 1588.
  2. (vulgar, slang) A diseased prostitute.

Hyponyms

(boat ablaze):

  • hellburner

See also

(boat ablaze):

  • fireboat

(prostitute):

  • frenchified
  • venereal disease

References

  • Depraved and Insulting English – Peter Novobatsky & Ammon Shea ?ISBN

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frenchified

English

Adjective

frenchified (comparative more frenchified, superlative most frenchified)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Frenchified

References

  • Peter Novobatzky & Ammon Shea. Depraved and Insulting English ISBN: 0-15-601149-2

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