sailor boy


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Noun1.sailor boy - a serviceman in the navysailor boy - a serviceman in the navy    
coastguardsman - a member of a coastguard
Navy SEAL, SEAL - a member of a Naval Special Warfare unit who is trained for unconventional warfare; "SEAL is an acronym for Sea Air and Land"
military man, serviceman, man, military personnel - someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force; "two men stood sentry duty"
striker - someone receiving intensive training for a naval technical rating
submariner - a member of the crew of a submarine
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References in classic literature ?
The sailor boy, who was her sole earthly stay, was washed overboard in a late tempest.
The image of the fair maid who donned male garb and went to sea to accompany a lover or search for her lost sailor boy is nonsense, she argues, a creation of sodden romantics, songsters, doggerel versifiers, and other low-brow mythmakers.
Brooks, PJ, 20 June 1787; *"Rich and Ambitious," L, PJ, 9 February 1786; "Sailor Boy," From New York Daily Advertiser, PJ, 10 December 1805; "Serenade," Professor Frisbie, PJ, 29 May 1822; "Setting Sun," Mrs.
You're looking good, sailor boy." "Yes," he said, "it turned out to be fine
And he'll do it all while sipping a can of cold beer, cleaning the veg and picking at the green sailor boy tattoos running up his arms.
Sailor Boy Pilot Bread is made in only one place: an Interbake Foods LLC factory in Richmond, Virginia, which started making the crackers in 1919.
We'd heavy fogs, [and windy] storms, Forget 'em I never shall; I'm every inch a sailor boy, On the E-ri-a Canal.
One of the best examples of this marketing alchemy appears here in his full, fleshy splendor: the sailor boy.
As a divorced woman, the Anglicans weren't willing to sanction Princess Anne's marriage to her sailor boy, Timothy Laurence, but we Presbyterians are not quite so picky on these matters.
WOODEN SAILOR BOY: This figurine belonged to my grandparents and stood in their hallway.
The 24+ cute and hilarious cartoon characters who join superstar Arabian Sinbad; a young sailor boy with a perfect classical Arabic accent and a love for treasures and adventures, are all now ready to teach you Arabic.