cap'n
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The cap’n set a chair next to the bars.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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The cap’n walked fast-fast to the door and picked up his shotgun.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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Plodding ’long behind the cap’n was keeping all ’em worries and thoughts at bay, but it was also giving me a ’preciation ’bout me and Ma’s talk ’bout working in the fields.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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The cap’n said, “Evening, gennel-men, how y’all doing?”
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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She sat up and looked at the cap’n.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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