The crew of H.M.S. Andromʹachē. Similarly, the Bellerʹophon was called by English sailors “Billy ruffian,” and the Achilles the “Ash heels.” (See Beefeater, etc.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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