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Poor Jack 161: ‘The black cat, by all that’s blue!’ cried the Captain.at by all that’s blue! (excl.) under blue, adj.1
Poor Jack 161: ‘The black cat, by all that’s blue!’ cried the Captain. Poor Jack 360: Bessy’s in love right over the ankles.at over shoes, over boots, phr.
Poor Jack 4: He was a very large man, standing six feet high, and with what is termed a considerable bow-window in front.at bow-window (n.) under bow, n.1
Poor Jack 27: Messmate, as I have told you how I got this chalk, suppose you tell me in return how you got that nose of yours fixed so hard a starboard?at chalk, n.2
Poor Jack 158: The man, who was a sulky, saucy sort of chap, and no seaman, I’ve a notion, gives cheek.at cheek, n.2
Poor Jack 4: Some people may infer from this, that he was at the time tipsy; he never told me so; all he said was , ‘Why, Jack, the fact is when they picked me up I was quite altogether “non pompus” [sic]’.at non compos, adj.
Poor Jack 157: We were a man short, and the captain went on shore to get one from the crimps.at crimp, n.2
Poor Jack 366: I’ve been thinking of lowering the quarter boat down, when they are a little more mizzled; they are getting on pretty fast, for Frenchmen haven’t the heads for drinking that Englishmen have.at get on, v.2
Poor Jack 162: Do top that glim, Bill.at douse the glim (v.) under glim, n.
Poor Jack 126: Light Horsemen – that’s a name for one set of people who live by plunder [...] Then we have the Heavy Horsemen – they do their work in the daytime, when they go on board as lumpers to clear the ships .at heavy horsemen (n.) under heavy, adj.
Poor Jack 139: So that job’s jobbed, as the saying is.at jobbed, adj.1
Poor Jack 364: We [...] found the privateer’s-men getting very jolly; but they did not offer us anything to drink.at jolly, adj.
Poor Jack 126: Light Horsemen – that’s a name for one set of people who live by plunder... Then we have the Heavy Horsemen – they do their work in the daytime, when they go on board as lumpers to clear the ships .at light horseman (n.) under light, adj.
Poor Jack 366: I’ve been thinking of lowering the quarter boat down, when they are a little more mizzled; they are getting on pretty fast, for Frenchmen haven’t the heads for drinking that Englishmen have.at mizzled, adj.
Poor Jack 366: Every Frenchman was either fast asleep or muddled.at muddled, adj.
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