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Old 11th March 2017, 05:10 PM
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Originally Posted by HERCULES 9068 View Post
I wonder what that means in English ?
Naval slang for sanitary wallah . For ' heads ' see above . The part at the over hanging bow where you stuck your arse out and relieved yourself , incorporated with the bow chains in a square rigger . The navy still talks of ' heads ' for the shithouse . .
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