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Binnacle
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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Word Origin & History
binnacle
"wooden box for a ship's compass," c.1750, corruption of bittacle (1620s), which is probably from Sp. bitacula or Port. bitacola, both from L. habitaculum "little dwelling place," from habitare "to inhabit (see habit).
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