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CHARLIE NOBLE ORIGIN

CHARLIE NOBLE

The nickname for the smoke stack of a ships galley originated around 1850. The story goes that when a British merchant captain Charles Noble discovered that the smokestack was made of copper he ordered that it be kept bright. The crew then began to refer to it as ‘Charley Noble.’

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