| 词汇 | crossing the line |
| 词源 | crossing the line. Anyone who crosses the line has sailed across the international date line, an occasion that in days past was celebrated with an initiation ceremony for those who were crossing for the first time. The custom, still practiced to a limit- ed extent, called for a sailor, dressed as King Neptune, and his court to seize novices and lather and shave them, among other antics. |
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