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"double lines" Definition

  1. ship casualties. So called at Lloyd’s from the manner of entering in books kept for the purpose.

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Position in the dictionary: 1043 of 4022 slang words.
Next words in the dictionary: double up, double-shuffle, doublet, doughy, douse, dove-tart, dovercourt, dowd, dowlas, down
Previous words in the dictionary: double cross, double, dot and go one, dossing-ken, doss, dose, dookin, donkey, done!, done up

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