No Use Flogging One

This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from The Netherlands, Group 2119, Puzzle 2 (Fishing Fleets).

Question is: No Use Flogging One

and the answer is: DEADHORSE

Word Meaning:

DEAD HORSE — (dated, nautical) The period of work on board ship for which the seamen have been paid in advance (usually a month's wages), the end of this term being celebrated by parading a straw horse about the decks.

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