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stamp and go Naut. phr.
[The vbs. in imp.]
1. An order given to sailors for the performance of certain duties (see quot. 1867); also, the action of performing such duties. Also, a shanty sung to accompany this action.
1830Marryat King's Own xix, To stop my ears against the infernal stamp-and-go of the marines and after-guards, over my head. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Stamp and Go! the order to step out at the capstan, or with hawsers, topsail-haliards, &c., generally to the fife or fiddle. 1929F. C. Bowen Sea Slang 132 Stamp and Go. The shanty sung for a straight pull along the deck. ‘What shall we do with the drunken sailor?’ is probably the best known.
transf.1899Kipling Stalky 38 The floor shook to the stamp-and-go of the ballet.
2. (Usu. with hyphens.) In the West Indies: a simple, quickly prepared codfish fritter (see also quot. 1893).
1893C. Sullivan Jamaica Cookery Bk. 87 Stamp and go. These are rough cakes made with cornmeal and flour..salt fish and a little butter... The country people as they travel stop at the way-side shops and buy them... Hence the name. 1953Caribbean Q. III. i. 11 Stamp-and-go,..a kind of codfish fritter that is quickly made. 1970New Yorker 10 Jan. 54/3 (Advt.), A chief who can water your mouth with a..native Stamp-and-Go. |