Example Sentences

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Up on the deck the choleric captain still stamped and swore, and his crew, with well-concealed mirth, went about their various duties as if they were accustomed to have shanghaied men act this way.

From Bar-20 Days by Mulford, Clarence Edward

If this was Boston or New York and in older days, I’d say that Dave and Withrow must have shanghaied a crew to man the Flamingo’s kind.

From The Seiners by Connolly, James B. (James Brendan)