ship's articles
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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"It won't be necessary for you to sign ship's articles," said the agent, turning affable all of a sudden.
From The Devil's Admiral by Frederick Ferdinand Moore
In the mess room the boys found a compact, black-haired, serious-faced young man of unknown nationality reading the ship's articles in an expressionless tone.
From The Cruise of the Dry Dock by T. S. Stribling
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
He then told me that if I would come on board his vessel the following morning, I would find the ship's articles on the cabin transom.
From Omoo by Herman Melville
And yet, by the injustice of fate, on the ship’s articles I was their equal.
From A Collection of Stories by Jack London
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