from stem to stern
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from stem to stern
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- Over the full length of a ship or boat, from the front end of the vessel to the back end. My father, as nurse said, did never fear, / But cried ‘Good seaman!’ to the sailors […] / Never was waves nor wind more violent; / And from the ladder-tackle washes off / A canvas-climber. ‘Ha!’ says one, ‘wilt out?’ / And with a dropping industry they skip / From stem to stern.
- From front to back; from one end to the other end. [T]he horse was the vainer brute of the two; he was far worse beflounced, bebonneted, and bemantled, than any fair lady. . . . [T]his poor animal from stem to stern was swamped in finery.
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@misc{from_stem_to_stern_2026,
title = {from stem to stern},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/from%20stem%20to%20stern},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
