blackbirder
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of blackbirder
Example Sentences
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When I was wrecked in the Solomons on the blackbirder, the Minota, it was Captain Kellar, master of the blackbirder, the Eugénie, who rescued me.
From Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack
They say he used to be a pirate and blackbirder and that he can tell strange yarns if he will—but that's all talk.
From The Pirate Shark by Arting, Fred J.
I was mate, then, on the Duchess, a whacking big one-hundred-and fifty-ton schooner, a blackbirder.
From South Sea Tales by London, Jack
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