DEEP SIX


Meaning of DEEP SIX in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Etymology: from the leadsman's call by the deep six for a depth corresponding to the sixth deep on a sounding line

Date: 1929

slang : a place of disposal or abandonment — used especially in the phrase give it the deep six

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