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    Re Dover Sharks. The term was coined in the news papers of the late 1700 as a derogatory term to refer to the Dover Boatmen who would take passengers and their luggage out to the ships, however, once they were halfway between the shore and the ships the boatmen would stop and demand more payment or threaten to throw the folks and their luggage overboard., hence SHARKS. refer to Dover (Kent) History pages

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