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He had obtained a complete rig-out from some kind-hearted fisherman, and looked in his comfortable jersey and well-greased seaboots a very favourable specimen of a shipwrecked mariner.
From The Mystery of Cloomber by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
She could hear his heavy seaboots squelching through the mud, then the deep, grunting noise which always accompanied any of his movements.
From A Countess from Canada A Story of Life in the Backwoods by Marchant, Bessie
He must either remain here in the most absurd captivity, or appear before the company below in the extraordinary attire of seaboots and a dress-coat!
From The Breaking of the Storm, Vol. I. by Spielhagen, Friedrich
At the last moment on board he had changed the shoes he was wearing for a pair of high seaboots.
From The Breaking of the Storm, Vol. I. by Spielhagen, Friedrich
While the gamblers cut and shuffled, and the dice rattled in the tin, the musical sang songs, the fiddlers set their music chuckling, and the seaboots stamped approval.
From Great Pirate Stories by French, Joseph Lewis
