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able-whackets [f. whack.] ‘A popular sea-game with cards, wherein the loser is beaten over the palms of the hands with a handkerchief tightly twisted like a rope. Very popular with horny-fisted sailors.’ Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. Oxford English Dictionary
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abel-whackets see able-whackets. Oxford English Dictionary
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able | Etymology of able by etymonline
Able seaman, one able to do any sort of work required on a ship, may be the origin of this: Able-whackets - A popular sea-game with cards, in which the loser is beaten over the palms of the hands with a handkerchief tightly twisted like a rope. Very popular with horny-fisted sailors. [Smyth, "Sailor's Word-Book," 1867]
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▪ I. able, a. (eɪb(ə)l) Forms: 4–6 abill(e, 5 abyl, abylle, abel, 5–6 abul, 5–7 hable, 6–8 habil, 7–8 habile, 4– able; [a. OFr. hable, able (mod.Fr. habile):—L. habil-em, verbal adj., f. habē-re to hold; lit. ‘easy to be held or handled, handy,’ hence ‘pliant, suitable, fit for a purpose.’ The initi... Oxford English Dictionary
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