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Definition of Long Forties in US English:
Long Forties
noun
NauticalA long bank in the North Sea between Aberdeen and southern Norway, approx. 40 fathoms deep for much of its length.
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in Thomas Pennant (1726–1798), naturalist, traveller, and writer.
