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Etesian
Prevailing northerly monsoonal winds in the summer and early fall
not whistle
Such a fun "vice" was not allowed on ship.
Torpedick
Like an eel.
Bandieten
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Pumplenose
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monitory
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the Watch
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his Fell
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virid
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Voorhuis
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"Tell me, what'd I say?"
Perhaps a reference to Ray Charles' 1959 hit song, "What'd I say," which features this line. Wikipedia entry
lock'd his front door
(Traditional?)
Fumulus
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Stoep
Entered English as 'stoop' in 1789.
Theater of the Japanese
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Younkers
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delegated the sighing
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Jesuit part
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lengkua
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Bilimbi pickles
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Bobotie
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Frikkadel
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Satay
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Rakhman
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even better, as Eve
(No missing rib? Gets to be disobedient?)
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B-st-rd
Who's censoring here? A convention in 18th century literature.
a Tun short... law
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Fence-Runner
Not in OED? He means surveyer, insinuating that all surveyers do is measure property lines.
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recreations including running Amok
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