cap'n
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The man shot the cap’n a dirty look.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
The cap’n said, “He don’t work in no slaughterhouse.”
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
He looked at the cap’n and said, “Sir?”
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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
“Everything depends on timing,” the cap’n tolt me that night, right after Bible reading.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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