apoop
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From
a-
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poop
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Adverb
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apoop
(
not
comparable
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(
nautical
)
On the poop;
astern
.
1839
, Washington Irving,
A History of New York
:
Thus, she made as much lee-way as head-way, could get along very nearly as fast with the wind ahead as when it was
apoop
, and was particularly great in a calm.
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