shellback
Example Sentences
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Her father, a "shellback" who had crossed the Equator before, asked King Neptune if he could be ducked in his daughter's stead.
From Time Magazine Archive
They have adjusted to a new time and a new social structure, and this is not necessarily because, as one old shellback snorted, "The '400' has been marked down to $3.98."
From Time Magazine Archive
Mr. & Mrs. Hoover were exempt, he being a "shellback" with 14 crossings of the Equator to his credit, more than anyone else present except his naval aide, Commander A. T. Beauregard.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then he was shoved down a greased slide, belabored through another gauntlet, and pronounced a shellback.
From Time Magazine Archive
“The old shellback has our skipper,” whispered Captain Folsom to the boys.
From The Radio Boys with the Revenue Guards by Gerald Breckenridge
