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Painter
The rope which binds a ship's boat to the ship. (Latin, panthera; French, pantière, a drag-net; panteur, a
stretcher.)
I'll cut your painter for you.
I'll send you to the right about in double quick time. If the
painter is cut, of course the boat drifts away.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Painter from Infoplease:
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