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Ship Bottom
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English
thumb|Ship Bottom municipal building, 2024
Etymology
From a March 1817 incident in which a woman was saved from a wrecked ship that had capsized as her rescuers used axes to cut through the bottom of the hull.
Proper noun
ship bottom
en coastal bor in co/Ocean County s/New Jersey c/USA.
References
TopoZone: Ship Bottom