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User Name	Thread Name	Subject	Posted
Pete M	ALERT! All Armchair Sailors (82* d)	RE: ALERT! All Armchair Sailors	09 Apr 01
just to expand on that, the nippers were not tied to the cable and capstan line, they were twisted up and held tight by the ships boys who then took them off when up to the capstan and ran back to the hawse pipe to start again, Hence the transfer of the word to mean a young lad. Pete M

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