ship's articles
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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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 Melville, Herman
On board the steamer, which happened to be the Cockspur, Daughtry persuaded the captain to enter Kwaque on the ship’s articles as steward’s helper with a rating of ten shillings a month.
From Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack
As a matter of form, it will be well for you to remind every one returning in the ship of the terms of the ship's articles.
From South with Scott by Mountevans, Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, baron
The Doctor signed on the ship's articles as surgeon, I as purser.
From The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier by Bronson, Edgar Beecher
But evidently, in the writer's mind, the only important intelligence was to the effect that his captain had, on the very day of writing, entered him regularly on the ship's articles as Ordinary Seaman.
From Typhoon by Conrad, Joseph
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