timenoguy
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably ultimately based on Old French Old French timon (“tiller”) + English guy.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
timenoguy (plural timenoguys)
- (nautical) A rope used on a ship to prevent other lines and riggings tangling with each other.
- 1973, Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise:
- But there is nothing so tedious as sitting by when two old shipmates are calling out, ‘Do you remember the three days’ blow in the Mona Passage? – Do you remember Wilkins and his timenoguy?’