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Billy Pugh (plural Billy Pughs)

1. A type of personnel basket for transferring people between vessels or other structures at sea or over water.
   • 2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 199:

     The crew stood on the deck of the supply boat, waiting in silence for the crane to lower the "Billy Pugh".

   • 2008, Betty S. Veronico, Lighthouses of the Bay Area, Arcadia Publishing, page 42:

     Billy Pughs were used at many lighthouses.

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