英语词汇every hair a rope yarn的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	every hair a rope yarn
词源	every hair a rope yarn. An old nautical term for a rugged seaman. The complete quotation is “Begotten in the galley and born under a gun, every hair a rope yarn, every tooth a marlin- spike, every finger a fishhook, and all his heart’s blood good Stockholm tar.”
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