cockswain

Example Sentences

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Bargate, the old man-of-war's-man, was the cockswain, and his lordship gave the word to him to give way.

From Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East by Optic, Oliver

Christy would not wait to hear any more, but ordered the cockswain to go ahead again.

From Fighting for the Right by Shute, A. B.

But a Yankee sailor is a hard man to kill—in three weeks cockswain James was at his post again.

From Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 by Barnes, James

"Had those gulls not better be picked up?" said R——, while loading his gun, to the cockswain.

From A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition by Ross, William A.

Rudd had rather dim notions of some of the games, so that Eric was established both as center rush of the football team and the cockswain in the crew.

From In a Little Town by Hughes, Rupert