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sailoring

American  
[sey-ler-ing] / ˈseɪ lər ɪŋ /

noun

  1. the occupation or duties of a sailor.


Etymology

Origin of sailoring

First recorded in 1860–65; sailor + -ing 1

Example Sentences

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"Ben" Tillett, originally a bricklayer, progressed through shoemaking and sailoring to become General Secretary of the Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Workers' Union, from its inception in 1887 until 1922.

From Time Magazine Archive

Not for long; it made his head ache too much, and he changed from soldiering to sailoring.

From The Lost Middy Being the Secret of the Smugglers' Gap by Wood, Stanley L.

With your excellency's permission I shall show you another side, the side a stranger, unprejudiced, with no axes to grind either way, saw in his eight years of sailoring about these islands.

From The Argus Pheasant by Beecham, John Charles

“And what a waste o’ time it do seem learning all this sailoring work, to be no use after all.

From The Adventures of Don Lavington Nolens Volens by Fenn, George Manville

Yachting is one thing and sailoring is another.

From Cappy Ricks Retires by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)

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