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Johnny Armstrong
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English
Etymology
A play on the surname en Armstrong and the words en arm and en strong.
Noun
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en navy slang Strenuous manual work; pulling or hauling; muscle power.
References
1982, Lewis James Lind, Sea Jargon: A Dictionary of the Unwritten Language of the Sea.