shipkeeper

Indeed, the arrangement was to the advantage of both parties; he secured at a low rate of compensation the services of one who could perform the duties or shipkeeper and mate combined, and I was provided with an asylum, board, lodging, plenty of work, and pay into the bargain.

Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale John Sherburne Sleeper

He had also recommended himself to their notice as a good shipkeeper, for as it did not answer Elliot to go often ashore, he had always given up his turn of leave to his neighbours.

Records of a Family of Engineers 1912

Don't you let them touch anything before I come, shipkeeper, 'he called out.

The Nigger of the Narcissus 1897

-- 'I haven't somehow the cut of a skipper about me,' he meditated placidly, while the shipkeeper (who had taken possession of the galley), a wizened old man with bleared eyes, cursed him, in whispers for 'hanging about so.'

The Nigger of the Narcissus 1897

Liverpool which was looked after by one man, who slept on board, in the capacity of shipkeeper.

Armadale Wilkie Collins 1856

a good shipkeeper, for as it did not answer Elliot to go often ashore, he had always given up his turn of leave to his neighbours.

Records of a Family of Engineers Robert Louis Stevenson 1872