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Slang for a sailor, especially for a seaman in the navy. salvage tug. Sometimes called a wrecking tug. A specialized tugboat used to assist ships in distress or in danger of sinking, or to salvage ships which have already sunk or run aground. salvor A person engaged in the salvage of a ship or items lost at sea. sampan
This is a list of known pirates, buccaneers, corsairs, privateers, river pirates, and others involved in piracy and piracy-related activities. This list includes both captains and prominent crew members. For a list of female pirates, see women in piracy. For pirates of fiction or myth, see list of fictional pirates.
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The most common usage is Australian slang for a man searching around for casual sex, as in "on the pirate" or the verb "to pirate". [2] It has also been used to describe a pimp who steals a prostitute from another pimp. [2] A more recent slang usage is a fictitious sex act called "the pirate" or "the angry pirate". [3]
binnacle list A ship's sick list. The list of men unable to report for duty was given to the officer or mate of the watch by the ship's surgeon. The list was kept at the binnacle. bird farm United States Navy slang for an aircraft carrier. bite Verb used in reference to a rudder, as in "the rudder begins to bite". When a vessel has steerageway ...
This is a list of acronyms, expressions, euphemisms, jargon, military slang, and sayings in common or formerly common use in the United States Marine Corps.Many of the words or phrases have varying levels of acceptance among different units or communities, and some also have varying levels of appropriateness (usually dependent on how senior the user is in rank [clarification needed]).
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The origins of the name are unclear, and many theories have been put forth, including an actual David Jones, who was a pirate on the Indian Ocean in the 1630s; [50] a pub owner who kidnapped sailors and then dumped them onto any passing ship; [51] the incompetent Duffer Jones, a notoriously myopic sailor who often found himself over-board; [52 ...