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 President tapped the bluejacket on the shoulder and asked: "Where did you get all those battle stars, sailor?"
From Time Magazine Archive
The bluejacket wondered what was wrong, why he had been called to the "nut factory."
From Time Magazine Archive
Among them: Colonel Smith, his crew chief Staff Sergeant Christopher Domitrovich, and Albert Perna, a Navy bluejacket who had hitchhiked a ride from New Bedford.
From Time Magazine Archive
But he does not have to sailorize; the bluejacket takes care of that part, and takes care of it well.
From The U-boat hunters by Connolly, James B. (James Brendan)
