Sentence example with the word 'bluejacket'

bluejacket

able seaman, cadet, frogman, jack, jolly, mariner, naval cadet, privateer, sea rover, shipman, water dog

Definition n. a serviceman in the navy

Last update: August 13, 2015


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On the 30th of June 1688 Admiral Herbert, disguised as a bluejacket, set out from England with a letter from seven influential Englishmen, asking William to "bring over an army and secure the infringed liberties" of England.   [Please select]

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'That was the last tune before the light was seen,' a bluejacket told me solemnly.   [Please select]

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Today the health and comfort of the bluejacket are so scrupulously provided for in every possible way that a battleship is the standard of perfection for efficiency in organization.   [Please select]

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He is, as it were, a bluejacket and a boiled lobster rolled into one tremendous sausage--a sausage so tough that would be uncommonly difficult for any one, in Yankee phrase, to `chaw him up.   [Please select]

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