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loblolly boy

noun

, Obsolete.
  1. an assistant to the surgeon on board a ship.


loblolly boy

noun

  1. navy (formerly) a boy or man acting as a medical orderly on board ship
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of loblolly boy1

First recorded in 1740–50
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Word History and Origins

Origin of loblolly boy1

C18: from loblolly sense 2, applied to a ship's doctor's medicines
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Example Sentences

None of your fresh-water and loblolly-boy terms, if you please.

I laid my hand on the rope, and together we drew the loblolly boy upward and out under the blue of heaven.

Loblolly boy, a derisive term for a surgeons mate in the navy.

I've been called that so often, and become so accustomed to it, and "loblolly boy," that it had no effect.

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