Jackspeak of the Royal Canadian Navy

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Cape Horn Fever

The name of the fake illness a malingerer is pretending to suffer from. Derived from the days of sail when sailors were so feareful of rounding Cape Horn they would fake an illness to get off the ship.

Added: 2014-11-01 Last modified: 2014-11-01

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