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Sailors Belong Ships choose

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[Aus] J. Morrison Sailors belong Ships 29: An air of strained expectancy pervades the great bleak shed. In the outer divisions – ‘Jacks’, ‘Seconds’, ‘Unattached’, ‘Blanks’ – the bell is hardly heard over the babel of four thousand voices [AND].
at jack, n.19
[Aus] J. Morrison Sailors belong Ships 15: We’re sailors, see? Two sailors. We got the game by the throat. I know a job in the Riverina worth a hundred quid.
at have by the throat (v.) under throat, n.
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