old sea dog
Example Sentences
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Despite their predicament, Ramos, an old sea dog, said if they hoisted a sail they would be back in Ancón, their port of departure, in 12 days.
From The Guardian • Oct. 21, 2020
"He's a very soulful man, but a man in turmoil," says Jacobi of old sea dog Shotover.
From BBC • Jul. 18, 2012
Mick Carney looks more like a schoolteacher than an old sea dog.
From Time Magazine Archive
As Howard more sympathetically portrays the brute, he is the prototype of the iron man in the wooden ship, the gruff old sea dog whose bite is worse than his bark.
From Time Magazine Archive
There he stands, the old sea dog, in his armour, but bare-headed, and through a window you see the Venetian fleet riding on a blue sea.
From A Wanderer in Venice by Morley, Harry
