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shipboy

American  
[ship-boi] / ˈʃɪpˌbɔɪ /

noun

  1. ship's boy.

Etymology

Origin of shipboy

First recorded in 1590–1600; ship 1 + boy

Example Sentences

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His creations are original and new throughout; the mime disappears, and we have before as the gossiping old man, the rough shipboy, the simple-hearted recruit.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 by Various

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