What is a pirate's quaff?

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Pirates were private sailors who attacked and robbed ships, and plundered villages for their "loot", or stolen valuables. Some classic pirates were actually mercenaries or privateers who were...

they were very different from the movies. unlike the ones from Pirates of the Caribbean, they were cut-throat and ruthless, since there wasnt much (if at all) bathing so they were smelly and dirty....

Well everyone has family but pirates family members don't always follow, some pirates are just people running away from the law, people, or even there own family. it's possible but not always true.

I think pirates were called that because 'pirate' means a robber who operates from a ship on the ocean. Also pirates didn't really say arrgh people started thinking that when Hollywood movies came...