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[US] R.C. Murphy Logbook for Grace (1948) 17 Sept. 80: Bumboats with lateen sails were already hovering about.
at bum-boat, n.
[US] R.C. Murphy Logbook for Grace (1948) 16 July 14: That usually leads to a gentle admonition [...] that he’ll be goddamned if he’ll stand for one such word from any Christless bastard on board, afore or abaft the mainmast.
at Christless (adj.) under Christ, n.
[US] R.C. Murphy Logbook for Grace (1948) 6 July 6: ‘Griddlecakes,’ inquired our Dutch West Indian, black grub-slinger, ‘what’s them?’.
at grub-slinger (n.) under grub, n.2
[US] R.C. Murphy Logbook for Grace (1948) 7 July 7: The Old Man [...] vows that the iron hoops [...] encourage drowsiness among the ‘mokes’ and the ‘gueez’ (Portuguese).
at guee, n.
[US] R.C. Murphy Logbook for Grace (1948) 16 Sept. 79: The Old Man and the mate soak their bread in coffee or water, swallow ‘leather and wood’ without chewing, and then squirm with the mulligrubs.
at leather, n.
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