coastguardsman
Americannoun
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coastguardsmen
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of coastguardsman
1840–50; Coast Guard + 's 1 + man
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In 1942 he appeared on the New York stage in a supporting role as a coastguardsman in “Yankee Point,” a home-front drama.
From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2010
“My stars!” ejaculated the coastguardsman Bill, dropping hold of the Captain’s arm as if it had been a hot poker, “I’m blest if it ain’t the old cap’en!”
From Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel by Greene, John B.
So sagacious were those dogs that they knew the appearance of a coastguardsman at a great distance, and employed every stratagem to avoid him, so that they were seldom captured or shot.
From My First Voyage to Southern Seas by Pearse, Alfred
When the coastguardsman is going out to the wreck, it isn't necessary to wave your arms about like a windmill.
From Love at Paddington by Ridge, W. Pett (William Pett)
Peeler, the coastguardsman, after descending the cliff, resumed his ordinary avocations, and sent his daughter to a superior high school.
From Boycotted And Other Stories by Reed, Talbot Baines
Just as the Captain called out, a couple of coastguardsmen were coming round the corner of the castle on their beat towards the east pier; and, hearing his shout to Rover, they stopped.
From Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel by Greene, John B.
Then as she went on again, she discovered whence the sound proceeded—from a little wooden hut facing the sea, which had probably been erected there as a shelter for the coastguardsmen.
From The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols by Black, William
But in this particular case all hands had not perished: two lives had been spared, unknown to journalists and coastguardsmen.
From Shifting Winds A Tough Yarn by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
No one walked along the cliffs except the coastguardsmen.
From Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life by Reed, Talbot Baines
She had seen occasional reference in newspapers and magazines to lifeboat work, and she had been thrilled by the record of noble deeds done by heroic seamen and coastguardsmen.
From Jeff Benson, or the Young Coastguardsman by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
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