TY - BOOK AU - Jeans, Peter D. TI - Ship to shore: a dictionary of everyday words and phrases derived from the sea SN - 0-07-144027-5 AV - PE 1583 .J346 2004 PY - 2004/// CY - Camden, Me. PB - International Marine/McGraw-Hill KW - English language KW - Naval art and science KW - Sailors KW - Seafaring life -- Dictionaries N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-383) N2 - Is a chronicle of the sailing men who made an enduring contribution to the English language. Contains various phrases and expressions which are used by the fishermen/sailors like peepers, to turn turtle, sundowner, to come in with flying colors, blowhard, to be taken aback, to come adrift, beachcomber, to lose one's bearings, to blow over, fensing, mutiny, marooned, and " Davy vJones 's Locker etc ER -