Jackspeak of the Royal Canadian Navy

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Swinging the Lamp

Telling sea stories. Referring to lamps slung from the deckhead which swing while at sea. The theory is that the more the lamp swings, the more the storyteller is exaggerating.

Added: 2014-11-01 Last modified: 2014-11-01

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