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I've got the bridge right ahead, and the bilboes dead aft: I calls that good steerage, boy.
The Pioneers | James Fenimore CooperThen, if we do not obey their foolish rules, they nab us when we come into port again, and fine us—perhaps put us in the bilboes.
Dulcibel | Henry PetersonWhether the Spanish Armada story is true or not, bilboes were certainly much used on board ship.
Curious Punishments of Bygone Days | Alice Morse Earle
The next year another Newe-towne man, being penitent, Henry Bright, was set in the bilboes for “swearynge.”
Curious Punishments of Bygone Days | Alice Morse EarleHe also suffered in the bilboes for cursing, for “prophane saying dam ye come.”
Curious Punishments of Bygone Days | Alice Morse Earle
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