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sailor

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sailor
any member of a ship's crew, esp one below the rank of officer
sailor
A brick that is laid on end (i.e., positioned vertically), with its wider face showing on the wall surface; compare with soldier.
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I stood out against it with all my might, was rather for scuttling the boat and perishing together among the sharks that followed us; but when Helmar said that if his proposal was accepted we should have drink, the sailor came round to him.
The Island of Doctor Moreau by Wells, H.G. View in context
The engagement commenced with about two hundred chops administered by the short sailor and the tall sailor alternately, without producing any particular result, until the short sailor was chopped down on one knee; but this was nothing to him, for he worked himself about on the one knee with the assistance of his left hand, and fought most desperately until the tall sailor chopped his sword out of his grasp.
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Dickens, Charles View in context
In the shade sat a little boy dressed in sailor clothes, who was digging a hole in the earth with a bit of wood.
The Road to Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
 
 
 
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