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Sailor’s Word-Bk (1991) 622: Show a Leg! [...] Often ‘Show a leg, and turn out.’.at show a leg!, excl.
Sailor’s Word-Bk (1991) 622: Show a Leg! [...] Often ‘Show a leg, and turn out.’. Sailor’s Word-Bk (1991) 12: Abbey-lubber. This is an old term of reproach for idleness, and here is quoted only as bearing upon the nautical lubber.at abbey-lubber, n.
Sailor’s Word-Bk (1991) 14: Abraham-Men. A cant term for vagabonds who formerly begged under pretence of having been discharged destitute from ships.at abraham-man, n.
Sailor’s Word-book 40: Andrew, or Andrew Millar, a cant name [...] for government and government authorities.at andrew, n.2
Sailor’s Word-Bk (1991) 189: Clam [...] ‘As happy as a clam at high-water,’ a figurative expression for otiose comfort.at ...a clam under happy as..., adj.
Sailor’s Word-Bk (1991) 742: Yellow-Belly. A name given to a person born in the fens.at yellow belly, n.
Sailor’s Word-Bk (1991) 742: Yellow-Belly. A name given [...] occasionally to half-castes.at yellow belly, n.
Sailor’s Word-Bk (1991) 139: Brown Bess. A nickname for the old government regulation bronzed musket.at brown bess, n.
Sailor’s Word-Bk (1991) 104: Black Indies. Newcastle, Sunderland.at Black Indies, n.
Sailor’s Word-Bk (1991) 105: Black-Strap. The dark country wines of the Mediterranean. Also bad port.at black strap (n.) under black, adj.
Sailor’s Word-Bk (1991) 104: Black Birds. A slang term on the coast of Africa for cargo of slaves. Black-Bird Catching. The slave trade.at blackbird, n.1
Sailor’s Word-Bk (1991) 107: Blether-Head. A blockhead. Blethering. Talking idle nonsense; insolent prate.at blether, n.
Sailor’s Word-Bk (1991) 350: Grog-Blossom. A red confluence on the nose and face of an excessive drinker.at grog blossom (n.) under blossom, n.2
Sailor’s Word-Bk (1991) 110: Blue. [...] To look blue, to be surprised, disappointed, or taken aback, with a countenance expressive of displeasure.at look blue (v.) under blue, adj.1
Sailor’s Word-Bk (1991) 111: Bo. Abbreviation of boy. A familiar epithet for a comrade, derived probably from the negro.at bo, n.1
Sailor’s Word-Bk (1991) 143: Bum-Boat. A boat employed to carry provisions, vegetables, and small merchandise for sale to ships.at bum-boat, n.
Sailor’s Word-Bk (1991) 114: Bobbery. A disturbance, row, or squabble; a term much used in the East Indies and China.at bobbery, n.
Sailor’s Word-Bk (1991) 115: Boiling. The ‘whole boiling’ means the entire quantity, or whole party.at whole boiling lot, n.
Sailor’s Word-Bk (1991) 129: Brandy-Pawnee. A cant term for brandy and water in India.at brandy-pawnee (n.) under brandy, n.
Sailor’s Word-Bk (1991) 139: Brown George. A hard and coarse biscuit.at brown george (n.) under brown, adj.2
Sailor’s Word-Bk (1991) 139: Bub. A liquor or drink. Bub and grub meaning inversely meat and drink.at bub, n.1
Sailor’s Word-Bk (1991) 117: Bombo, weak cold punch.at bumbo, n.1
Sailor’s Word-Bk (1991) 147: Burgoo. A seafaring dish made of boiled oat-meal seasoned with salt, butter, and sugar.at burgoo, n.
Sailor’s Word-Bk (1991) 148: Butter-Box. A cant term for a Dutchman.at butterbox (n.) under butter, n.1
Sailor’s Word-Bk (1991) 149: Buttons, to Make. A common time-honoured, but strange expression for sudden apprehension or misgiving.at one’s arse makes buttons (v.) under button, n.1
Sailor’s Word-Bk (1991) 159: Capon. A jeering name for the red-herring.at capon, n.
Sailor’s Word-Bk (1991) 165: Carpet-Knight. A man who obtains knighthood on a pretence for services in which he never participated.at carpet knight, n.
Sailor’s Word-Bk (1991) 181: Chats. Lice. Also lazy fellows.at chats, n.2
Sailor’s Word-Bk (1991) 184: Chivey. A knife.at chiv, n.1
Sailor’s Word-Bk (1991) 181: Cheating the Devil. [...] hard swearing as [...] dang you, be darned.at dang!, excl.
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