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.
From Time Magazine Archive
Seyfried St. Louis � For Seaman Carl Fowler, the bluejacket on watch on the destroyer U.S.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
From a military standpoint this is not long enough to turn out a well-trained soldier or a bluejacket.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cumbersome, inefficient bookkeeping will be replaced by a simple pay-record card to be carried by the bluejacket wherever he goes.
From Time Magazine Archive
A squad or more might have been seen walking along, headed by a bluejacket playing a p.127 lively tune on a fife or tin whistle.
From Some Reminiscences of old Victoria by Fawcett, Edgar
