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Examples
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Our bo'sun slipped on an orange peel and fell into the hold below,
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The computer, surrogate bo'sun, piped the Admiral onto the ship.
THE WRATH OF KHAN VONDA N.McINTYRE 1990
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The computer, surrogate bo'sun, piped the Admiral onto the ship.
THE WRATH OF KHAN VONDA N.McINTYRE 1990
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The computer, surrogate bo'sun, piped the Admiral onto the ship.
THE WRATH OF KHAN VONDA N.McINTYRE 1990
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The computer, surrogate bo'sun, piped the Admiral onto the ship.
THE WRATH OF KHAN VONDA N.McINTYRE 1990
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The oars bent under the strain, then the vast power of the sea caught the boat's transom and it was running, suddenly free of all constraint, and the bo'sun was shouting at the men to ship oars and was leaning his full weight on the tiller behind Sharpe.
Sharpe's Siege Cornwell, Bernard 1987
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But, Mr McKinnon, you're a bo'sun on a merchant vessel. '
San Andreas MacLean, Alistair 1984
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Certainly the best bo'sun I've ever sailed with - and I've never known a bad bo'sun yet.
San Andreas MacLean, Alistair 1984
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A bo'sun himself on his two previous ships, he had elected to sail on the San Andreas simply because of the mutual regard that he and McKinnon shared.
San Andreas MacLean, Alistair 1984
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The first is Naseby is also a bo'sun and a very fine one, too.
San Andreas MacLean, Alistair 1984
strev commented on the word bo'sun
nice one mate!
*whistles*
June 22, 2009