bo's'n
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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A tremendous wave passed over the intrepid bo's'n and the two pontoons.
From Time Magazine Archive
Pass the word to the bo’s’n to look out.
From Cutlass and Cudgel by Schonberg, J.
Neptune doted on him, and the children—who fed him to such an extent with biscuits that the bo’s’n said he would be sartin’ sure to die of appleplexy—absolutely adored him.
From The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
"Daggs, who made you bo's'n of this sloop?"
From The Black Buccaneer by Meader, Stephen W. (Stephen Warren)
The bo's'n, a grizzled veteran of many sea-fights, was kneeling beside his Captain with an ear to his side.
From The Black Buccaneer by Meader, Stephen W. (Stephen Warren)
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