bluejacket

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Behind her, one catches a glimpse of the entire U. S. Navy, but especially of one roustabout bluejacket to whom Actor George O'Brien has given his first name and a good characterization.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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The President tapped the bluejacket on the shoulder and asked: "Where did you get all those battle stars, sailor?"

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One day, in a pub at Plymouth, there was a man—a bluejacket too—boasting he'd never known what fear was, and I up and asked him, 'Eh, chum?

From A Poor Man's House by Reynolds, Stephen Sydney