Naut's Thoughts for Tuesday, July 14, 2015

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Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Forgotten English…4

I wonder if any of the guys around here would go in for a bit of mallemarocking Probably not, unless they like… “The visiting and carousing of seamen in the Greenland ships.” Adm. William Smyth’s Sailor’s Word-book, 1867 Formed on Dutch mallemarok, a foolish woman, tomboy; from mal, foolish and... Sign in to see full entry.

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