cockswain
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When we got to the edge of the surf the cockswain hailed them, and after singing out who I was, he and his men threw me into the water.
From My Friend The Murderer by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
"Takin' our measure," observed Bill Roberts, cockswain of the Captain's gig, turning to Tom Grattan, the thickset, black-headed captain of the maintop.
From Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 by James Barnes
The cockswain of his pinnace, though hit twice, gallantly stuck to the wheel until the boat was out of gunfire.
From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 by James Edward Parrott
"Had those gulls not better be picked up?" said R——, while loading his gun, to the cockswain.
From A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition by William A. Ross
But a Yankee sailor is a hard man to kill—in three weeks cockswain James was at his post again.
From Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 by James Barnes
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