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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Gackle #186497 08/14/2009 4:22 PM Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 1 tcguru stranger tcguru stranger Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 1 Here's a nautical term I can't find defined in my several large dictionaries or via Google. It's in one of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey series books (The far side of the world), in the sentence "Do not forget to gackle your cables, Mowett." Any clues? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Gackle tcguru #186498 08/14/2009 5:11 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass gackled cables seems to be a favored expression of Patrick O'Brian and almost no one else, except for this from The Observant Voyage: A Parody, by Owen Brian Patrick : ) 'Well Sir, to begin, Sir, as you know I did indeed gackle my cables as you ordered, Sir...' link Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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