"through the hawsehole" meaning in All languages combined

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Prepositional phrase [English]

  1. (nautical, slang) Of an officer: having risen from the grade of an ordinary seaman, whose original position in the vessel was forward, before the mast. Tags: slang Related terms: rise through the ranks
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