bo's'n
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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A tremendous wave passed over the intrepid bo's'n and the two pontoons.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Peter Loud was not so easy hung by the heels," that aged loiterer affirmed, "shipping as he did along with the lady herself, as bo's'n for Cap'n Sam Dreed."
From The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by O'Brien, Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington)
As I said afore, Tom was second mate, an' I was bo's'n.
From The Magic Egg and Other Stories by Stockton, Frank Richard
Hi, bo’s’n, down with that trap and make it fast.
From Cutlass and Cudgel by Schonberg, J.
Neptune doted on him, and the children—who fed him to such an extent with biscuits that the bo’s’n said he would be sartin’ sure to die of appleplexy—absolutely adored him.
From The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
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