bosun’s mate
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| bosun’s mate \Prononciation ?\ |
bosun’s mates \Prononciation ?\ |
bosun’s mate \Prononciation ?\
- Variante de boatswain’s mate.
- Oreza looked forward and turned back. “Two anchors for that little puff o’ wind we had? They’re not far enough apart. Thought you knew better.”
“Chief Bosun’s Mate,” Kelly reminded him. “Since when does a bookkeeper get that snotty with a real seaman?” — (Tom Clancy, Without Remorse, 1993.)
- Oreza looked forward and turned back. “Two anchors for that little puff o’ wind we had? They’re not far enough apart. Thought you knew better.”