topman
Americannoun
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topmen
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Named for the job was young, handsome, curly-headed Rexford Guy Tugwell, topman of the Brain Trust.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was seated on a match tub placed on a grating, with his wife, a young topman, alongside of him.
From A Sailor of King George by A. Beckford Bevan
I was among the first; so was Tom Derrick, an active young topman.
From Peter the Whaler by Henry Austin
The topman, however, was not long in making his appearance, and then the chief saw fit again to break the silence.
From The Red Rover by James Fenimore Cooper
"Say nothing about it, master Harry," returned the topman, with a peculiar glance of his eye.
From The Red Rover by James Fenimore Cooper
But no sooner had we gained the Crepuscule than we heard word from one of the topmen of the true case—unutterable—astounding to believe.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
This was Dick Popplethorne, a smart lad, who prompted the topmen under his charge to emulate his ready example, so as to get ahead of the others.
From Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant by John B. Greene
The topmen clambered to their posts in the rigging, led by the midshipmen who were to command them.
From The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 by Willis J. (Willis John) Abbot
The English were hemmed between decks by the fire of the American topmen, and they found that not even then were they protected from the fiery hail of hand-grenades.
From The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 by Willis J. (Willis John) Abbot
The shot rattled among the spars of the "Belvidera," but the nimble topmen quickly repaired all damages; and the British ship slowly but steadily forged ahead.
From The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 by Willis J. (Willis John) Abbot
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