--Admiral William Smyth's Sailor's Word Book, 1867
[From: Jeffrey Kacirk Forgotten English 2008 Calendar: A Calendar of Vanishing Vocabulary and Folklore
]Enjoy the various ways of expressing discontent, when a pirate,
Bp
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Forgotten English -- rough music
rough music: Rolling shot [cannon balls] about on the lower deck, and other discordant noises, when seamen are discontented, but without being mutinous.
--Admiral William Smyth's Sailor's Word Book, 1867
[From: Jeffrey Kacirk Forgotten English 2008 Calendar: A Calendar of Vanishing Vocabulary and Folklore]
Enjoy the various ways of expressing discontent, when a pirate,
Bp
--Admiral William Smyth's Sailor's Word Book, 1867
[From: Jeffrey Kacirk Forgotten English 2008 Calendar: A Calendar of Vanishing Vocabulary and Folklore
]Enjoy the various ways of expressing discontent, when a pirate,
Bp
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