英语词汇captain of the heads的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	captain of the heads
词源	captain of the heads. A jocular Navy term for the enlisted man responsible for keeping the lavatories, or heads, neat and clean. Wrote one proud mother to a friend: “My son is doing very well in the Navy. In only six months he’s been promoted to Captain of the Heads!” Heads are so called because they were originally in the bow, or head, of a ship.
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