cap'n
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The cap’n said, “He don’t work in no slaughterhouse.”
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
The one up front was starting to fall outta the spell the cap’n had cast.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
When we got there, the cap’n went right to the pen where the woman was being helt.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
Me and the cap’n started on the road north.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
Maybe the cap’n would tell me ’bout cat-hauling ’cause what good is it to threaten someone with a punishment if they ain’t got no idea what the punishment is?
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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