lose the number of one's mess

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to die, to perish

Shore folk think sailors are heartless, and that when a poor chap is lost overboard, they only say that So-and-so has lost the number of his mess! and, after having an auction over his kit in the fo'c's'le, then dismiss him from their memory! — J.C. Hutcheson, Fritz and Eric, 1880.

lose the number of one's mess

    Hyphenation

    lose the num·ber of one's mess

    Turkish pronunciation

    luz dhi nʌmbır ıv wʌnz mes

    Pronunciation

    /ˈlo͞oz ᴛʜē ˈnəmbər əv ˈwənz ˈmes/ /ˈluːz ðiː ˈnʌmbɜr əv ˈwʌnz ˈmɛs/
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