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larboard

(n): the left side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose
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about 1 month ago knitandpurl said:

"Once, in the middle of dessert, he attacked Pimento with a carving knife he had tucked away in his belt. 'Avast! Pirates larboard. Repel boarders,' he shouted, lunging at the surprised man's throat, just as some lemon sherbet was coolly passing down it."
-Tintin in the New World by Frederic Tuten, pp 75-76

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