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25 days ago Shevek said:

Just listened to Fortune of War on my road trip to Wisconsin. I laughed for about a minute at that line.

5 months ago chained_bear said:

"'Was the lady unsuitable? So many sailors take the strangest trollops to wife. Even drabogues.'"
--O'Brian, The Fortune of War, 224

A Guide for the Perplexed, here, defines this as an Irish term for slut or whore.

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