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Meaning of fireship

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

fireship

Pronunciation:

noun

Definitions

  1. A sailing ship that has been set alight and left to drift into an opposing fleet. Famously used by Englishman Sir Francis Drake when fighting the Spanish Armada of 1588.

  2. A diseased prostitute.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fireship

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