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

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

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

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

But she ain’t British, I’ll take my Bible oath o’ that; the British shellback don’t do that there sort o’ thing.

From Turned Adrift by Hodgson, Edward S.