foretopman
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In brief, a good-natured young foretopman, Billy Budd, is falsely accused by the master-at-arms, John Claggart, of fomenting mutiny.
From Seattle Times • May 6, 2012
A stowaway foretopman on the ship of state; a franc-tireur for the West and Christendom; a Burke, a Roland, a Quixote, with a whiff of Falstaff and a swing of the snickersnee.
From Time Magazine Archive
The tall foretopman, who was standing near by, folded his heavy arms across his chest.
From Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 by Barnes, James
“Aye, aye, bo, right you were,” answered the brawny foretopman as he knocked in the head of another hogshead.
From The Penang Pirate and, The Lost Pinnace by Hutcheson, John C. (John Conroy)
He was a foretopman on board the Agra, and rather a smart hand.
From Hard Cash by Reade, Charles
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