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Bitter end
/bˈɪtər
ɛnd/
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noun
Bitter
n. (Naut.) AA turn of the cable which is round the bitts.
Bitter end
, that part of a cable which is abaft the bitts, and so within board, when the ship rides at anchor.
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"Bitter end" Quotes from Famous Books
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somewhat painfully, the observed of all observers, Miss Schump tilted her head and drank, manfully and shudderingly, to the
bitter end
of
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— Humoresque - A Laugh On Life With A Tear Behind It • Fannie Hurst
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