king-post
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- associated_person
- Flask
- description
- The nickname given to Flask on board the Pequod, likening him to a short, square timber used in Arctic whalers to brace the ship.
- descriptive_analogy
- short, square timber
- origin
- Pequod crew
- personality_trait
- loud, dramatic, crazed
Relationships
- is_a_nickname_forFlask
- description
- The character King-Post, known for his boisterous behavior, is identified as Flask by Stubb's subsequent commentary.
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- offersMartha's Vineyard plantation
- description
- In his excitement, King-Post (Flask) promises his Martha's Vineyard plantation to his crew if they succeed in beaching a whale.
- source
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- source_text
- I’ll sign over to you my Martha’s Vineyard plantation, boys; including wife and children, boys
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- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:01:55.120Z
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- referenced_byFlask
- context
- is_called
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- source_text
- They called him King-Post on board of the Pequod; because, in form, he could be well likened to the short, square timber known by that name in Arctic whalers;
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:07:53.810Z
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