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penetralia

(n): the innermost parts
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4 months ago chained_bear said:

"'And even here,' said Stephen in the cabin, 'even in what seems the true penetralia of the frigate, little is said that does not become known, in a more or less distorted form, throughout the ship by nightfall...'"
--Patrick O'Brian, The Letter of Marque, 37

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