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bone in her teeth en · NOUN
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(colloquial, idiomatic) (of a boat or ship) A prominent bow wave (as a result of high speed).
Big E in her heyday – deck packed with Sailors and warbirds, a bone in her teeth and course set for the distant horizon.
2012, SteelJaw, “Flightdeck Friday: “Big E” Edition – Update!!”, in United States Naval Institute blog, archived from the original on 10 Oct 2015:For quotations using this term, see Citations:bone in her teeth.
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bone, in, her, teeth.
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