cap'n
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Dropping down into a crouch, he looked at the alley and seent the cap’n and the woman standing together.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
The cap’n turned to look at the woman...
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
He started going at the Spanish moss moustache and the cap’n grabbed his arm.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
The cap’n was all the sudden quiet, he jus’ nodded his head.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
The last straw that busted the wagon’s axle was when something the cap’n had said in the moonlight in the river finally made itself clear to me.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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