crooning
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He will not run his disorderly, picarooning company under the guns of a British man-of-war, because he owes a little reverence to the flag of his master!
From The Red Rover by Cooper, James Fenimore
Or else she may be one of the picarooning craft which we have heard of on this coast, although it has never been my ill luck to fall in with them.”
From The Two Supercargoes Adventures in Savage Africa by Skinner, E.F.
It is a vast extravaganza of passion in action and picarooning farce and material splendour run mad.
From Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation by Henley, William Ernest
“I sincerely hope that we shall not fall in with a Frenchman of any quality, either a man-of-war or one of the picarooning rascals you speak of,” answered the stranger, in a somewhat sarcastic tone.
From The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley by Kingston, William Henry Giles
“Judging by the reports, the enemy’s ship is not a heavy one—a brig or sloop at the most—or she may be one of those picarooning craft often found cruising in these seas.”
From The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley by Kingston, William Henry Giles
