[Public-List] McNamara's Lace

[Gordon Laco]

Probably has origins in Cockney rhyming slang.


Gordon Laco
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> On Feb 16, 2022, at 5:13 PM, Greg Bover via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
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> My copy of John Rogers' Origin of Sea Terms says McNamara's Lace is Navy slang for fancy work, said to be named for an old Bosun, but possibly a corruption of macramé.
> Macramé first appeared in print in the 19th century but the art is much older. Etymology possibly from Turkish makrame, towel, or from Arabic megrama, striped cloth.
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> Greg Bover
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