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Murtogg: What we doin' 'ere?

Mullroy: The pirates come out, unprepared and unawares. We catch 'em in a crossfire... send 'em down to see Old Hob.

resource: "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" 105:51 out of 142:14

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Old Hob is an informal term for Satan. (In English folklore a hob is a spirit.) The speaker means that the pirates will be killed by the gunfire. He presumes that they, being evil men, will go to Hell where Satan is supposed to preside.

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