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[hʌlk], (Noun)
Definitions:
- an old ship stripped of fittings and permanently moored, especially for use as storage or (formerly) as a prison
- a large or unwieldy boat or other object
(e.g: great towering hulks of oak, ash, and chestnut)
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Origin
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Old English hulc ‘fast ship’, probably reinforced in Middle English by Middle Low German and Middle Dutch hulk; probably of Mediterranean origin and related to Greek holkas ‘cargo ship’
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