Letter K2 Design by Furia

K is for Keelhaul

: to be thrown overboard and hauled under a ship by a rope

“The rum’s all gone!” Pearl shrieked as she emerged on deck in a panic, “Sneaky Pete’s gone through the lot!” Pearl had just discovered the slumbering bulk of a fellow buccaneer amidst a melange of empty jugs and flagons. Pirate lore demanded a keelhaul.

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