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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A landsman who is making his first voyage at sea; a novice who enters naval service from rural life.
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qms commented on the word grass-comber
The admiral, raised a grass-comber,
Has rendered the term a misnomer.
The furrows he plows
Part white at the bows
And close up astern the old roamer.
September 19, 2014