cap'n

[ kap-m ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

"It's the cap'n firing, for a joke, to let us know he heard us," Weymouth suggested.

That was whin I was precin't cap'n; an' a good wan I was, too.

Cap'n Lem clucked to the horses again, and they rattled away.

"We'll get out here and walk up to the house, Cap'n," said Thinkright.

Cap'n Downs, you done know yo'self the present lucidateness of the sailorman supply.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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