lascars

There were dark-skinned Asian sailors called lascars; Huguenots from France; thousands of Africans with rich brown skin and tightly curled hair; and countless Irish like Dermot.

A Place Called Freedom Follett, Ken 1995

So how did lascars communicate, with their officers (who were usually European) and with each other?

Amitav Ghosh discusses Sea of Poppies 2010

How much of a challenge was it to write the language used by the lascars?

Amitav Ghosh discusses Sea of Poppies 2010

A ship manned by lascars must have been a kind of floating babel.

Amitav Ghosh discusses Sea of Poppies 2010

Soon, I found myself in the thick of a merry throng, a marching band and a gang of tumblers, lascars by the look of them.

The Case Of The Limehouse Golem 2010

On est gouvernés par des lascars qui fixent le prix de la betterave et qui ne sauraient pas faire pousser des radis.

French Word-A-Day: 2008

He had the part down pat, but alas his crew, far from being the swarming, nimble lascars of his imagination, consisted of me and my younger sisters.

'Germania: In Wayward Pursuit of the Germans and Their History' 2010

On est gouvernés par des lascars qui fixent le prix de la betterave et qui ne sauraient pas faire pousser des radis.

betterave - French Word-A-Day 2008

He had the part down pat, but alas his crew, far from being the swarming, nimble lascars of his imagination, consisted of me and my younger sisters.

'Germania: In Wayward Pursuit of the Germans and Their History' 2010

He had the part down pat, but alas his crew, far from being the swarming, nimble lascars of his imagination, consisted of me and my younger sisters.

'Germania: In Wayward Pursuit of the Germans and Their History' 2010

Throughout the 19th century a steady trickle of lascars – sailors from Africa, China and the Malay archipelago who manned British trading vessels – had been jumping ship as soon as they docked in London.

Sukhdev Sandhu · Come hungry, leave edgy: Brick Lane · LRB 9 October 2003 Sukhdev Sandhu 2019