bluejacket
Example Sentences
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From a military standpoint this is not long enough to turn out a well-trained soldier or a bluejacket.
From Time Magazine Archive
The bluejacket wondered what was wrong, why he had been called to the "nut factory."
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The U.S. bluejacket who spoke could make allowances for human curiosity.
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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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For the lower deck the supply of the suitable class of bluejacket might be sadly deficient were it not for the seafaring populations of Brittany and Normandy.
From France by Home, Gordon Cochrane
