Hawsehole
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Hawsehole is a nautical term for a small hole in the hull of a ship through which hawsers may be passed.[1] Also known as a cat hole.[2] In the (British) Royal Navy, an officer who had served as a seaman before being promoted was said to have "come in through the hawsehole."[3]
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- ^ "The Visual Dictionary, "Passenger Liner"". http://www.infovisual.info/05/055_en.html.
- ^ "Cathole at dictionary.com". http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cathole.
- ^ E. Cobham Brewer (1894). Dictionary of Phrase and Fable.
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