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Date: 1000-1100
Language: Medieval Latin
Origin: holcas, from Greek, from helkein 'to pull'

hulk

 noun
     
Related topics: Water
hulk [countable]
1 a large heavy person or thing:
a hulk of a man
2TTW the main part of an old ship, vehicle etc that has decayed or been destroyed
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