crows nest
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noun
1.
Nautical. a platform or shelter for a lookout at or near the top of a mast.
2.
any similar platform raised high above the ground, as a lookout or a station for a traffic officer.
Also, crow's nest.
Origin:
1595–1605
1595–1605
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| crow's-nest | |
| —n | |
| a lookout platform high up on a ship's mast | |
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Crows nest
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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