messman
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messmen
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The problem was to recover one's own property and at the same time to avoid the cook scraping the porridge saucepan and the messman scrubbing the table.
From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Mawson, Douglas, Sir
We take it in turns to be cook and messman, working in pairs: Abbott and I, Levick and Browning, Priestley and Dickason, and thus each has one day on in three.
From South with Scott by Mountevans, Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, baron
In fact, those officers who associate entirely among themselves see and know no more of the world than their messman, and get conceited and disagreeable by neglecting the opportunities offered for enlarging their understanding.
From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)
The hotel where we put up was owned by Bruzeaud, formerly a messman of a British regiment.
From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) by O'Shea, John Augustus
The cook and messman often made their presence felt and heard.
From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Mawson, Douglas, Sir
Then they are given eight weeks' specialized training as seamen, firemen, water tenders, oilers, messmen, cooks, bakers, clerks and pharmacist's mates.
From Time Magazine Archive
At first Negroes were restricted to service as messmen, but political pressure forced the Navy to open general service billets to them.
From Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by MacGregor, Morris J.
At the same time the Navy opened enlistments for an unlimited number of black Seabees and messmen.
From Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by MacGregor, Morris J.
It was now necessary to institute a routine of nightwatchmen, cooks and messmen.
From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Mawson, Douglas, Sir
We dismounted, and picketing our horses beneath the broad-leaved foliage of the cork-trees, stretched ourselves out at full length upon the grass, while our messmen prepared the dinner.
From Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 by Lever, Charles James
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