ship's articles
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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At any rate, he once more signed a ship's articles, and on January 1, 1841, sailed from New Bedford harbour in the whaler Acushnet, bound for the Pacific Ocean and the sperm fishery.
From Typee by Stedman, Arthur
In his hand he held the ship's articles.
From The Blood Ship by Springer, Norman
"Is this your handwriting on the ship's articles, and in the store-room account-book?"
From Harper's Young People, April 6, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
It was a rule on all pirate vessels for the surgeon to be excused from signing the ship's articles.
From The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers by Gosse, Philip
In the mess room the boys found a compact, black-haired, serious-faced young man of unknown nationality reading the ship's articles in an expressionless tone.
From The Cruise of the Dry Dock by Stribling, T. S.
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