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  1. mallemarokingnoun

    carousing on icebound Greenland whaling ships.

  2. Etymology: Apparently from a confusion of two similar Dutch words. The first of these is the obsolete mallemerok a “foolish woman”, from malle, foolish, plus marok, from French marotte, an object of foolish affection; a “bauble”. The second word mallemok is a name for some persons among the crew of a whaling vessel.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Mallemaroking

    mal′ē-ma-rō′king, n. the visiting and carousing of seamen in the Greenland ships. [Prob. to act like the mallemuck.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. mallemaroking

    The visiting and carousing of seamen in the Greenland ships.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of mallemaroking in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of mallemaroking in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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  • Robert W. Bone
    Robert W. Bone
    An old version of Websters defined it as "an orgy of seamen aboard an ice-bound whaling vessel."
    LikeReply6 years ago

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