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23 Cards in this Set
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Keelhauling
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- to drag a person across or along the keel of a ship
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Heave
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- pull
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Overboard
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- to shove over the rail of a ship into the water
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Quartermaster
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- officer in charge of assigning rooms and supplies
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Saber
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- cavalry sword with a curved blade
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Cutlass
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- short sword with a slightly curved blade
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Doubloon
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- Spanish gold coin
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Guinea
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- English gold coin
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Sequin
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- Italian gold coin
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Buccaneer
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- pirate |
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Articles
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- legal binding agreement, list of rules
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Maroon
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- abandon on a deserted island, a person who was abandoned
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Mutiny
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- when members of a crew or army overthrow their officers
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Swab
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- a sailor, usually one of low rank
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Matey
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- aka mate, another sailor on your ship who is your friend
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Blockhouse
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- wooden fort with holes to shoot from
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Hands
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- sailors
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Blaggards
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- aka blackguards, a scoundrel or jerk
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Roundshot
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- bullets or musketballs, shot
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Musket
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- gun or rifle which requires loading after every shot, uses gunpowder and shot
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Affidavit
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- sworn oath to be truth, aka Affy Davey
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Bungling
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- messing up, making mistakes
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Sauce
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- back talk
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