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csanetti | 16:29 Wed 02nd Jul 2003 | Phrases & Sayings
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what is the origin of the phrase 'shiver me timbers'?
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It was a joke oath supposedly used by sailors and first employed in writing by Captain Marryat in the 1830s. The idea was obviously a reference to the timbers of a ship, built of wood in those days, being blasted apart - ie broken into 'shivers' or fragments - by enemy shot.
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