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bluejacket

[bloo-jak-it] / ˈbluˌdʒæk ɪt /






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He, the most famed member of the Rockefeller Institute, Dr. Alexis Carrel, distinguishes himself from the others with a little white headpiece that looks like the hat of a U. S. bluejacket.

From Time Magazine Archive

The bluejacket wondered what was wrong, why he had been called to the "nut factory."

From Time Magazine Archive

A U.S. bluejacket staggered through the thick odor and the rude sounds of the old port of Naples.

From Time Magazine Archive

Cumbersome, inefficient bookkeeping will be replaced by a simple pay-record card to be carried by the bluejacket wherever he goes.

From Time Magazine Archive

But when they meet an uncivil or unkempt officer, or see an untidy soldier or bluejacket on the street, they worry that the national defense is going to pot.

From The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 by United States. Dept. of Defense




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