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Foul water that collects in the bilge of a ship.

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Usage examples (33)
  • I think "bilge-water" mark would be a more accurate description.
  • Some bilge-water lubber has changed the update button to call this a Captain's Log.
  • Some a little weaker, some with more bilge-water in it, or a trifle of a dash from the midden.
  • Nautica found him, inverted and full of emotion, fishing about in the bilge-water for the lost piece.
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