submariner

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In baseball parlance, Boyd is a submariner, which is appropriate for a thrower employed in a land at and even below sea level.

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  • As was his custom, the arrow on the red and black dial on the outside of the submariner was pointed at 11:00. —  ActOfTreason
  • In baseball parlance, Boyd is a submariner, which is appropriate for a thrower employed in a land at and even below sea level. —  Tyee - Home
  • The 109-page report compiled by Rear Admiral Rowan Moffitt makes clear that life as an RAN submariner is hard and suggests recruiters stress the submarine service as an "elite arm" of the navy. —  The Australian | News |
  • I am proud to to have served the West in this war, as a submariner on two submarines. —  Hennessy's View
  • As a transgender (former) submariner, I served with a number of gay shipmates and no one on board ever had a problem with the fact that they had to serve with gay crew members. —  Life, Law, Gender
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