sailor : Idioms & Phrases

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Fair-weather sailor

  • a make-believe or inexperienced sailor; the nautical equivalent of carpet knight.
Webster 1913

Paper sailor

  • . (Zoöl.) See Argonauta.
Webster 1913

Ragged sailor

  • (Bot.), prince's feather (Polygonum orientale).
Webster 1913

sailor boy

  • noun a serviceman in the navy
    bluejacket; navy man; sailor.
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sailor cap

  • noun a cap worn by sailors
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sailor king

  • noun King of England and Ireland; son of George III who ascended the throne after a long naval career (1765-1837)
    William IV.
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sailor suit

  • noun a boy's ensemble; copied from a sailor's uniform
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sailor's breastplate

  • noun a knot in the rope used to drag a gun carriage
    prolonge knot.
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Sailor's choice

  • . (Zoöl.) (a) An excellent marine food fish (Diplodus, ∨ Lagodon, rhomboides) of the Southern United States; called also porgy, squirrel fish, yellowtail, and salt-water bream. (b) A species of grunt (Orthopristis, ∨ Pomadasys, chrysopterus), an excellent food fish, common on the southern coasts of the United States; called also hogfish, and pigfish.
Webster 1913

sailor's-choice

  • noun similar to sea bream; small spiny-finned fish found in bays along the southeastern coast of the United States
    pinfish; Lagodon rhomboides; squirrelfish.
  • noun a grunt found from Florida to Brazil and Gulf of Mexico
    sailor's-choice; Haemulon parra.
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sailors choice

  • noun a grunt found from Florida to Brazil and Gulf of Mexico
    sailor's-choice; Haemulon parra.
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Salt-water sailor

  • an ocean mariner.
Webster 1913

sinbad the sailor

  • noun in the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages
    Sinbad.
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