shellback

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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

Then he was shoved down a greased slide, belabored through another gauntlet, and pronounced a shellback.

From Time Magazine Archive

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 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.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Very good, sir,” replied our old shellback of a coxswain.

From Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy by Greene, John B.