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[US] (con. 1904) F. Riesenberg Log of the Sea 183: The stevies from the other hatches began to pile in behind the bar-hogs.
at bar-hog (n.) under bar, n.2
[US] (con. late 19C) F. Riesenberg Log of the Sea 85: Great Jonah! What a nerve!
at great Caesar! (excl.) under great...!, excl.
[US] (con. late 19C) F. Riesenberg Log of the Sea 19: A nice new-looking pilot jacket, recently hocked by a jack tar [...] ‘Some hard-up jackie parted with that for two dollars’.
at jack, n.5
[US] (con. late 19C) F. Riesenberg Log of Sea 19: A nice new-looking pilot jacket, recently hocked by a jack tar.
at jack tar, n.1
[US] (con. 1900s) F. Riesenberg Log of the Sea 145: This ain’t a bad ship, no, not by a jugful.
at by a jugful under jug, n.1
[US] (con. 1904) F. Riesenberg Log of the Sea 185: A Miss Corker took quite a shine to the boatswain.
at Miss, n.
[US] (con. late19C) F. Riesenberg Log of the Sea 57: ‘No monkey work, now,’ Gus warned.
at monkey work (n.) under monkey, n.
[US] (con. 1900s) F. Riesenberg Log of the Sea 120: All the fine old girls who pounded across the pond in 1899 are gone. [...] The skippers are, for the most part, gone with their ships.
at pond, the, n.
[US] (con. 1900s) F. Riesenberg Log of the Sea 140: Lots of men have bumped the beach, but how many have had the supreme excitement of tooling a dirty old rattle-trap against rocks?
at rattletrap, n.
[US] (con. 1904) F. Riesenberg Log of the Sea 182: Scoops of steam beer, ready drawn for the first men to toss their nickels over the bar. [Ibid.] 185: Here, give us another scoop. Here’s how!
at scoop, n.
[US] (con. 1904) F. Riesenberg Log of the Sea 265: We [...] were met by our host and his lady, native serving men, bearing wide trays, offered high beakers of swizzle.
at swizzle, n.1
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