A word that should have been used in WH


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Posted by Robert Hill on December 21, 2009 at 17:46:30 user eclrh.

Looking up another word in Chambers Dictionary, I came across this entry for a word I'd never heard of before:

mallemaroking, n. carousing of seamen in icebound ships.
From obsolete Dutch mallemerok, a romping woman.

I suspect AR never heard of either, otherwise he'd probably have worked it into Winter Holiday!


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