ATLANTIC
NOUNS
► BIG DITCH, THE the Atlantic Ocean → 1900 US sl.
► BIG DRINK the Atlantic Ocean; an ocean → 1915 US sl.
► BIG POND, THE the Atlantic Ocean → 1840 US sl.
► BIG PUDDLE the Atlantic Ocean → 1926 US sl. (Bk.)
► DAMP POT the Atlantic Ocean → 1855 sailors’ sl.
► DITCH the Atlantic Ocean → M19 sl.
► POND, THE the Atlantic Ocean → 1780
► PUDDLE, THE the Atlantic Ocean → 1880 colloq.
VERBS
► CROSS THE DAMP-POT to cross the Atlantic → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
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