Monday, November 9, 2009

Crimp

The American term shanghaied refers to the practice of conscripting men as sailors by coercive techniques such as trickery, intimidation, or violence. Those engaged in this form of kidnapping were known as crimps.
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talk nineteen to the dozen

  to speak rapidly and without stopping

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