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jestercat

28th December 2012, 15:22
They are all nautical and I like your answer to that one - thanks.
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jestercat

28th December 2012, 17:20
anyone else got any possibles - not sure about 'hewer'. Any thoughts?
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rosalind

28th December 2012, 18:32
Hewer = cutter? Kind of ship
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jestercat

28th December 2012, 19:05
Hi Rosalind - good answer but it needs to be 7 letters. Any other thoughts?

Ta
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rossim

28th December 2012, 19:16
Mamya answered CLIPPER earlier.
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rosalind

28th December 2012, 19:35
I have "A Sea of Words", a lexicon to Patrick O'Brian's books. I have looked up every synonym of hewing I can think of, without success. If the answer is clipper, it's a very poor clue, since "hewer" means using an axe.
I bought my son a splitting axe for Christmas, causing great hilarity at Tool Station. "You mayn't be all that fond of your husband, but there's no need to go that far".Such great wit.
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jestercat

28th December 2012, 19:58
Hi Rosalind - agree that if 'clipper' is the answer then it's poor. Thanks for trying so hard - very funny reply!

D
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julia-mag

29th December 2012, 10:18
I may be well off the mark but I went down the mines to get my answer to Hewer !
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rosalind

29th December 2012, 10:23
Gosh, I did that too, reading lots of fascinating stuff about Durham miners. Will try again (though not doing the quiz!)
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rosalind

29th December 2012, 10:27
Ah, how thick am I? (please don't answer that). I even saw the word several times, and in the ship book, and didn't connect
A ship that carries coal, jester
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