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Fireship
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Noun
fireship
- (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.
- (vulgar, slang) A diseased prostitute. (From Depraved and Insulting English by Peter Novobatsky & Ammon Shea ISBN: 0-15-601149-2)
Related Terms
- frenchified
- naval warfare
- venereal disease
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