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  • "He went to the galley and took the cap'n's coffee mug and wiped the inside with his dick!"

    Ship Of Magic Hobb, Robin 1998

  • It 'uz pow'ful hot, deckhan's en roustabouts uz sprawled aroun asleep on de fo'cas'l', de second mate, Jim Bangs, he sot dah on de bitts wid his head down, asleep -- 'ca'se dat's de way de second mate stan' de cap'n's watch!

    Pudd'nhead Wilson 1955

  • "I may be wrong," remarked Bulger, "but judgin 'by cap'n's face, he've been an' choused the Pirate -- got twice the valley o 'the goods he's landed."

    In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang

  • See you've been buyin 'some of the old cap'n's pictures.

    Isle o' Dreams Frederick Ferdinand Moore 1930

  • Well, during the strike Clarence Drum comes pee-rading up to our table, all dolled up fit to kill in his nice lil cap'n's uniform, and somebody says to him, ` Busting the strike, Clarence? '

    Babbitt 1922

  • Drum comes pee-rading up to our table, all dolled up fit to kill in his nice lil cap'n's uniform, and somebody says to him, 'Busting the strike,

    Babbitt Sinclair Lewis 1918

  • Honestly, Mr. Bangs, you've just about saved -- well, if you haven't saved everybody's life you've come pretty near to saving the cap'n's reason, I do believe.

    Galusha the Magnificent Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

  • He'd taken the cap'n's picture, and Julius's and Van Doozen's.

    Cape Cod Stories Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

  • "I'm here by the cap'n's orders," said Tucker faintly.

    Many Cargoes 1903

  • "The cap'n's welcome to her for me," murmured the helmsman in a husky whisper to the man next to him.

    Many Cargoes 1903

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  • If the cap'n's incapacitatatered, seek the bos'n's advice on steering the ship.

    December 15, 2007