ship's articles
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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In his hand he held the ship's articles.
From The Blood Ship by Norman Springer
The Doctor signed on the ship's articles as surgeon, I as purser.
From The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier by Edgar Beecher Bronson
Not the first time he had clapped eyes upon ship's articles, one could see with half an eye.
From The Blood Ship by Norman Springer
"Now, then," began Riggs, with pencil poised, "what's your name in the ship's articles?"
From The Devil's Admiral by Frederick Ferdinand Moore
He was signed on the ship's articles as boatswain, but really he was intended to act as second mate, keeping the captain's watch and doing the ordinary duties of a second officer.
From The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century by Walter Runciman
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