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Rfv-sense: To chuck up the sponge; to give up; to admit defeat; to jig up, throw up, jack up; to break a contract; to abandon or quit (something).
Probably OK - one kind but lazy editor put a Google Books search hidden on the page in case anyone wanted to search for it. --Gente como tú (talk) 13:55, 29 January 2018 (UTC)
- cited Kiwima (talk) 23:01, 29 January 2018 (UTC)
RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 19:22, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
Seen in Wilfred Granville's Sea Slang of the Twentieth Century (1950): "When a ship has been into action and covered herself with glory her sister ships usually give her a 'chuck-up' (cheer) as she comes into harbour." Difficult to find citations. Equinox ◑ 16:37, 30 June 2021 (UTC)