ship's articles
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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"Is this your handwriting on the ship's articles, and in the store-room account-book?"
From Harper's Young People, April 6, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
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 Runciman, Walter
In his hand he held the ship's articles.
From The Blood Ship by Springer, Norman
"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 Moore, Frederick Ferdinand
I want to be on the ship's articles as quartermaster, that's all—that's all.
From The Pirate Shark by Arting, Fred J.
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