Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A boy employed on board ship; a sailor-boy.
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Examples
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Sebastian thought about things, filtered them through his own sea-boy lens.
The Nature of Jade Deb Caletti 2007
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Added to these feelings, the sea-boy has to endure physical hardships, and the privation of every comfort, even of sleep.
The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson Southey, Robert, 1774-1843 1993
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Not a sea-boy that fought in that cause but mankind
Mosaics of Grecian History Marcius Willson
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Nova Scotia; a sea-boy, with a dash of salt-water in his ruddy cheeks, who had modestly refrained from taking part in the dispute.
Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses Frederic S. Cozzens
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In a few moments a sea-boy came up out of the water, and stood beside him.
Ting-a-ling Frank Richard Stockton 1868
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At this moment the sea-boy reappeared, driving a pair of dolphins, which were harnessed to a large and commodious sea-shell, somewhat resembling in shape the boat of the nautilus.
Ting-a-ling Frank Richard Stockton 1868
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At last they dashed into shore, and the sea-boy, pulling up his steeds, jumped out, followed immediately by the Prince.
Ting-a-ling Frank Richard Stockton 1868
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He shifted his position so often, and rolled the vehicle about so much, that once or twice the sea-boy turned round and asked him if he did not wish to get out, to which the Prince did not reply, but only urged him to make greater speed.
Ting-a-ling Frank Richard Stockton 1868
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There was an old infirm Gentleman that lodged with them, that had been a Captain under the renowned Sir Cloudesley Shovel and Admiral Russell, and could even, so it was said, remember, as a sea-boy, the Dutch being in the
The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 1 of 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... George Augustus Sala 1861
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-- Chaumette, by and by Anaxagoras Chaumette, one already descries: mellifluous in street-groups; not now a sea-boy on the high and giddy mast: a mellifluous tribune of the common people, with long curling locks, on bourne-stone of the thoroughfares; able sub-editor too; who shall rise -- to the very gallows.
The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838
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