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loblolly boy
noun
, Obsolete.
- an assistant to the surgeon on board a ship.
loblolly boy
noun
- navy (formerly) a boy or man acting as a medical orderly on board ship
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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.
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I laid my hand on the rope, and together we drew the loblolly boy upward and out under the blue of heaven.
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Loblolly boy, a derisive term for a surgeons mate in the navy.
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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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