sailorly
- a word derived from sailor.
Example Sentences
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I glance down to see that my clothes look sailorly as well, although just as worn and frayed as before.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
"Come aboard, Sir!" to the Captain Says John Bright, A.B, As he touches his tarpaulin, Smart and sailorly.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 62, Jan 13, 1872 by Various
At any rate the men stood, dumb-stricken, the tarry sailorly man a little in front with his mouth open and his yellow dog-teeth gleaming.
From The Dew of Their Youth by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
Turning, I espied Sir Richard upon his knees, one hand grasping the tiller sailorly, the other upraised to the glimmering firmament; hereupon I knelt also, joining him in this prayer of thanksgiving.
From Martin Conisby's Vengeance by Farnol, Jeffery
Mate McGaw was a sailorly man and understood how to fit one fact with another.
From Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 by Day, Holman
