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Citation: les bout-dehors des bonnettes du petit perroquet
Language: French
References: The Wine-Dark Sea, page 80
Meaning: lit.: the extreme outside ends of the little caps of the little parrot

Notes:


Maturin is absolutely correct in his use of these marine French terms-of-art: bout-dehors = boom; bonnette = stun'sail; petit perroquet = t'gallant sail.

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