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battleship

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enough to sink a ship

Also, enough to sink a battleship. A more than sufficient amount, as in They brought enough food to sink a ship. [Colloquial; mid-1900s]

See also: enough, ship, sink

gunboats

and battleships

n. big feet; big shoes. Get those battleships off my sofa! Hasn’t he got the biggest gunboats you ever saw?

See also: gunboat

battleships

verb

See gunboats

See also: battleship