cap'n

[ kap-m ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Theyre goin to cut our heads off, capn, and give em to the witch-woman, to hang outside her hut!

Haddon from the said schooner that he could find no regular papers on board her, whereupon the Capn.

Listen to me, capn, dont never drive that boy out, sames I was drove.

You know, capn, were gittin mighty nigh the bottom o the locker.

Youre too young a capn to be lookin for a mate, on the sea o life.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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