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abbreviation for

father of the chapel

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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

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Words nearby FoC

foam rubber, foamy, foamy virus, fob, fob off, FoC, focaccia, focal, focal amyloidosis, focal area, focal depth

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Then, when that happened, I was taken back to the foc'sle an' the lashings was put onto me again.
Motor Matt's Peril, or, Cast Away in the Bahamas|Stanley R. Matthews
Most prominent of all was the renegade mate, standing on the foc'sle head, and gesticulating wildly.
The Dealings of Captain Sharkey|A. Conan Doyle
They pulled themselves together, and asked severely what the foc'sle thought it was doing.
Sea Warfare|Rudyard Kipling
Says Eblis: "I consider I must have considerably damaged this cruiser, as 20 feet of her side plating was left in my foc'sle."
Sea Warfare|Rudyard Kipling

She dipped her foc's'le clean under the breaking sea; and so she rode during some terrible minutes.
The Iron Pirate|Max Pemberton

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