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boatswain

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boatswain, bosun, bo's'n
a petty officer on a merchant ship or a warrant officer on a warship who is responsible for the maintenance of the ship and its equipment
Boatswain
Byron’s favorite dog. [Br. Hist.: Harvey, 239]
See : Dogs
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There, I found a virtuous boatswain in his Majesty's service - a most excellent man, though I could have wished his trousers not quite so tight in some places and not quite so loose in others - who knocked all the little men's hats over their eyes, though he was very generous and brave, and who wouldn't hear of anybody's paying taxes, though he was very patriotic.
Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context
I have a boatswain who pipes, Livesey; so things shall go man-o'-war fashion on board the good ship HISPANIOLA.
Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
There, too, on the approach to the land, assisted by the boatswain and the carpenter, he "gets the anchors over" with the men of his own watch, whom he knows better than the others.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
 
 
 
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