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half-decker

  • a word derived from half deck.
    half deck
    noun
    (in a sailing ship) the portion of the deck below the upper or spar deck and aft of the mainmast.

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A half-decker, or the full five quires to the ream?

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, May 28, 1919 by Various

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