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.

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

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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.

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The U.S. bluejacket who spoke could make allowances for human curiosity.

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The sub rushed to the side just in time to see the outstretched arms of a bluejacket emerging from the following wave of the swiftly moving craft.

From With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)