seaman's

He had been over a year at sea before he essayed this able seaman's task, but he did it, and he did it with pride.

A CLASSIC OF THE SEA 2010

Still young and single, no permanent address, my pockets full of seaman's wages;

October « 2009 « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009

We simply can't know how heroically Smith faced death, or even if he lived his life with anything more than a seaman's ordinary fortitude.

Why must a captain never leave a sinking ship? 2012

To the left were two old, round tables, scarred by many a seaman's knife.

Heinold's First and Last Chance Saloon 2010

Still young and single, no permanent address, my pockets full of seaman's wages;

mark terrill | poems from an expatriate | part I « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009

He was efficient at the law; he was efficient at college; he was efficient as a sailor; he was efficient in the matter of pride, when that pride was no more than the pride of a forecastle hand, at twelve dollars a month, in his seaman's task well done, in the smart sailing of his captain, in the clearness and trimness of his ship.

A CLASSIC OF THE SEA 2010

The newcomer was a powerful, apelike man in a striped seaman's jersey.

Golden State 2010

A dark blue mass that was a seaman's jumper fell out with a sodden flop, and a seaman's cap rolled over to a corner.

In Spite of Their Declaration of Bombs 2010

On his sleeve the blackening gold braid ran in the undulating rings of a lieutenant in the R.N.V.R. In his hand he carried a half-empty seaman's kitbag with some articles in it.

In Spite of Their Declaration of Bombs 2010

Mr. Foglia, who became involved in the production two years ago when he and Messrs. Heggie and Scheer were working on a musical play in Houston, has made it a priority to minimize the distance between audience and action, which he is trying to depict from a seaman's perspective.

Leviathan of an Undertaking 2010