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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A fourth-rate ship of the line. UK, historical

Adjective

1. 1
   Of a Royal Navy ship of the line in the Napoleonic Era: having 50–60 guns across two gun decks, a complement of 320–420, and weighing approximately 1,000 tons burthen. UK, historical, not-comparable
2. 2
   Terrible, awful; less than third-rate. idiomatic, not-comparable, uncommon

Synonyms

All synonyms

cut-rate

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