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Thread #117934 Message #2545679
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
21-Jan-09 - 10:13 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Naughty Sailor's Alphabet (Dave Swarbrick
Subject: RE: Naughty sailor's alphabet?
E
Eve's Custom-House: Where Adam made his first entry.
Frances Grose, Dictionary of Buckish Slang, etc., 1785 and later printings.
Ensign Bearer: A drunk who looks red in the face.
Same source.