Complete Definition of "cappabar"

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capperbar

Noun
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#nautical a misappropriation of government property.
#:disposing of His Majesty's property was an immemorial practice among His Majesty's servants [...] and in the Navy it went by the name of cappabar. � :w:Patrick O'Brian|Patrick O'Brian, "The Mauritius Command".

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