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Thread #37855   Message #529442
Posted By: Gareth
16-Aug-01 - 02:17 PM
Thread Name: Need help with sea term: flaked or faked
Subject: RE: Need help with sea term: flaked or faked
Funny that Cadbury's gets mentioned.

An old matloe (ex RN) put it very susinctly.

"A Flake is something you eat.

You fake a rope or sheet"

Gareth