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burlock

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  • maryw commented on the word burlock

    Homer saw a sling being lowered from a steel boom.

    "Hold the burlocks steady," the black man ordered Roy-Boy as he grasped the netting of the sling. Together, they eased it down into the boat, where it fell away to reveal a number of wrapped burlap bundles.

    Homer Hickam, Carrying Albert Home (New York: HarperCollins, 2015), p. 243

    "What else you got for me, Chief?"

    "Bags of doubtlessly illicit goods, sir." Vintner held up the bag he was carryng. "I believe they are called burlocks in the arcane terminology of smugglers."

    "Open one of them, man! the captain demanded.

    Vintner reached in the bag, drew out a bag, and opened it, spreading its contents on the captain's gray metal desk. The dim light inside the wheelhouse did not diminish the sparkling jewels that were displayed.

    Homer Hickam, Carrying Albert Home (New York: HarperCollins, 2015), p. 253

    June 29, 2020