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bluejacket

[bloo-jak-it] / ˈbluˌdʒæk ɪt /






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"Isn't war awful, sir?" a bluejacket on the Tuscaloosa asked Captain Daehne as they watched the Columbus blaze.

From Time Magazine Archive

From a military standpoint this is not long enough to turn out a well-trained soldier or a bluejacket.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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Among them: Colonel Smith, his crew chief Staff Sergeant Christopher Domitrovich, and Albert Perna, a Navy bluejacket who had hitchhiked a ride from New Bedford.

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The bluejacket is a beautiful creature, and very healthy, but ...

From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Rudyard Kipling


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