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Hulk

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An old ship unfit for service. (Anglo-Saxon, hulc, from Mid. Latin hulca, connected with Greek oλκαζ = a ship which is towed, a merchant ship.)

 

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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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