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I'm afloat is London Cockney rhyming slang for boat.I'm afloat is London Cockney rhyming slang for an overcoat.
A popular colloquial name for a sailor (also called Jack Afloat).
Bucket afloat is old London Cockney rhyming slang for a coat.
Senior Canadian Officer Present Afloat.
Coat
Not moving. Uused only when a vessel is afloat and neither tied up nor anchored.
A method of surveying the underwater parts of a ship while it is still afloat instead of having to drydock it for examination.
Intoxicated
A ship, abandoned by her crew, but still afloat.
A Second World War personal flotation device used to keep people afloat in the water; named after the 1930s actress Mae West, well known for her large bosom.
Overcoat
Intoxicated
Of a vessel which is floating freely (not aground or sunk). More generally of vessels in service ("the company has 10 ships afloat").
All afloat was old London Cockney rhyming slang for a coat.
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n.
An extravagant or absurd report or story; a fabricated sensational report or statement; esp. one set afloat in the newspapers to hoax the public.
n.
A popular colloquial name for a sailor; -- called also Jack tar, and Jack afloat.
v. t.
To keep from sinking in a fluid, as in water or air; to keep afloat; -- with up.
adv. & a.
Moving; passing from place to place; in general circulation; as, a rumor is afloat.
adv.
On shore or on land; on the land adjacent to water; to the shore; to the land; aground (when applied to a ship); -- sometimes opposed to aboard or afloat.
v. i.
To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat; as, to launch a ship.
adv. & a.
Unfixed; moving without guide or control; adrift; as, our affairs are all afloat.
adv. & a.
Borne on the water; floating; on board ship.
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