coasting-skipper

Hagberd, a retired coasting-skipper, was waiting for the return of

To-morrow, by Joseph Conrad 2004

We find in Webster, for example, the following definition of a word as to whose meaning he could have been set right by any coasting-skipper that sailed out of New Haven: --

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 31, May, 1860 Various

"I thought you'd ha 'been down afore this to see Hepsy Ann Nickerson in her trouble," said an old coasting-skipper to him, with mild reproach, handing him a letter from his mother, -- of all persons in the world!

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 26, December, 1859 Various

Noticing a stranger listening to him with a vacant grin, he explained, stretching out his legs cynically, that this queer old Hagberd, a retired coasting-skipper, was waiting for the return of a son of his.

Falk; Amy Foster; To-Morrow 1903

Noticing a stranger listening to him with a vacant grin, he explained, stretching out his legs cynically, that this queer old Hagberd, a retired coasting-skipper, was waiting for the return of a son of his.

To-morrow Joseph Conrad 1890