foretopman
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foretopmen
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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 James Barnes
"I've heard tell of that before," remarked the tall foretopman.
From Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 by James Barnes
He was a foretopman on board the Agra, and rather a smart hand.
From Hard Cash by Charles Reade
At the same time the men in the Chesapeake's main-top were driven out of it by the fire of the Shannon's foretopmen, under Midshipman Smith.
From The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans by Theodore Roosevelt
One of the foretopmen, drawing water in the chains, fell overboard; the alarm was instantly given, and the ship hove to.
From Frank Mildmay Or, The Naval Officer by Frederick Marryat
‘Throw her out of the bow port,’ he said to the gunner, who pitched a yarn about it being the foretopmen who had done the fell deed.
From Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant by John B. Greene
“One of the foretopmen, who witnessed the accident, says that he appeared to cannon off something below, bounding out from the ship’s side before striking the water, when he sank like a stone.”
From Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant by John B. Greene
One of the foretopmen, drawing water in the chains, fell overboard; the alarm was instantly given, and the ship hove-to.
From Frank Mildmay Or, the Naval Officer by Frederick Marryat
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