bluejacket

Example Sentences

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"Isn't war awful, sir?" a bluejacket on the Tuscaloosa asked Captain Daehne as they watched the Columbus blaze.

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The bluejacket wondered what was wrong, why he had been called to the "nut factory."

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Cumbersome, inefficient bookkeeping will be replaced by a simple pay-record card to be carried by the bluejacket wherever he goes.

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A U.S. bluejacket staggered through the thick odor and the rude sounds of the old port of Naples.

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The bluejacket is a beautiful creature, and very healthy, but ...

From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Kipling, Rudyard