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bilboes

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I've got the bridge right ahead, and the bilboes dead aft: I calls that good steerage, boy.

Then, 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.

Whether the Spanish Armada story is true or not, bilboes were certainly much used on board ship.

The next year another Newe-towne man, being penitent, Henry Bright, was set in the bilboes for “swearynge.”

He also suffered in the bilboes for cursing, for “prophane saying dam ye come.”

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On this page you'll find 22 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to bilboes, such as: bonds, captivity, chains, check, cuffs, and curb.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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