cabin n See Kilkenny Lexicon cabin-hunting, DINNEEN bothántaidheacht ['cabin stealing'], Ireland and Newfoundland (St John's, 1977), p. 97.
   Comb cabin house: deck cabin on a fishing vessel; HOUSE.
   1960 FUDGE 54 'If we had been baiting up at 3 o'clock, as the watch was set, there would have been a terrible mess.' Over half of the crew may have been killed because the main rigging came down on each side of the cabin house as the mast came down right over and on the middle of her stern.
   cabin-hunting: going idly from house to house to chat (Q 67-32).
   Q 71-7 ~ Going from house to house looking for someone with whom to have a chat; especially to exchange gossip.

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