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Complete Definition of "fireship"

English

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Noun
fireship

  1. nautical A sailing ship that has been set alight and left to drift into an opposing fleet. Famously used by Englishman Sir Francis Drake when fighting the Spanish Armada of 1588.
  2. context|vulgar|slang A diseased prostitute.

Related terms
frenchified
naval warfare
venereal disease

References
Depraved and Insulting English by Peter Novobatsky & Ammon Shea ISBN: 0-15-601149-2)

Category:Vulgarities
Category:Nautical

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