topman
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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
"What makes you open your eyes, brother, in this port-hole fashion?" commenced the topman.
From The Red Rover by Cooper, James Fenimore
“This is all that young beggar Bobby Smudge’s doing, I’ll warrant,” I heard Ned Grummit, a topman, exclaim, as he came down from aloft.
From Salt Water The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midshipman by Lacey, C. J. de
The lieutenant smiled; he was not accustomed to hear a topman have a mister put to his name.
From Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor by Webb, Archibald
The gaze of the topman was far longer than had been that of his black companion; and it is to be presumed, in consequence, much more accurate.
From The Red Rover by Cooper, James Fenimore
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
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 Abbot, Willis J. (Willis John)
During this time the boarders were exposed to a destructive fire from the main and mizzen-tops, which continued till the main-top was gallantly stormed by a midshipman, William Smith, and five topmen.
From How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 by Kingston, William Henry Giles
The topmen flew aloft and the sail was hoisted.
From The Two Supercargoes Adventures in Savage Africa by Skinner, E.F.
That will do, Mr. Ayling; they are not a bad lot, taking them one for all, and there are half a dozen men among them who ought to make first-rate topmen.
From By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson by Rainey, W. (William)
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