Example Sentences

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American swabbies dutifully rescued the 18 North Vietnamese crewmen.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hearing the lingo of South Viet Nam, the dogfaces, gyrenes and swabbies of World War II would hardly know Dodge City from the Boonies.

From Time Magazine Archive

But last week some swabbies from the Cunard liner Queen Mary drifted onto a lee shore and scuttled their pride in one of the dockside saloons of Manhattan's Twelfth Avenue.

From Time Magazine Archive

Those who served with him in the Mediterranean�from the swabbies on up�testify to the excellence of his service with the Sixth Fleet.

From Time Magazine Archive

And the theatrical skull sings, “Storm fronts that linger upon the horizon; white plastic places where every thought dies in; swabbies and cocktails and parrots' bright wings; these are a few of his least-favorite things.”

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman