fireship
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noun
- A sailing ship that has been set alight and left to drift into an opposing fleet. Famously used by Englishman Sir Francis Drake when fighting the Spanish Armada of 1588.
- A diseased prostitute.
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pirateshipfloating lightpirate shipshipentinefrigatesailshipdrakefire pikeq-shipspyshipfireballfloating beaconwhaleshipspanish armadalongshipfirefloat