shellback
Example Sentences
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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
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
They are far different from the old-line shellback malcontents who were duck soup for Curran's earlier pinko type of organizing, and they are not obliged to hold union cards.
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Then he was shoved down a greased slide, belabored through another gauntlet, and pronounced a shellback.
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“Very good, sir,” replied our old shellback of a coxswain.
From Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy by John B. Greene
