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Examples
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"He went to the galley and took the cap'n's coffee mug and wiped the inside with his dick!"
Ship Of Magic Hobb, Robin 1998
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It 'uz pow'ful hot, deckhan's en roustabouts uz sprawled aroun asleep on de fo'cas'l', de second mate, Jim Bangs, he sot dah on de bitts wid his head down, asleep -- 'ca'se dat's de way de second mate stan' de cap'n's watch!
Pudd'nhead Wilson 1955
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"I may be wrong," remarked Bulger, "but judgin 'by cap'n's face, he've been an' choused the Pirate -- got twice the valley o 'the goods he's landed."
In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang
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See you've been buyin 'some of the old cap'n's pictures.
Isle o' Dreams Frederick Ferdinand Moore 1930
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Well, during the strike Clarence Drum comes pee-rading up to our table, all dolled up fit to kill in his nice lil cap'n's uniform, and somebody says to him, ` Busting the strike, Clarence? '
Babbitt 1922
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Drum comes pee-rading up to our table, all dolled up fit to kill in his nice lil cap'n's uniform, and somebody says to him, 'Busting the strike,
Babbitt Sinclair Lewis 1918
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Honestly, Mr. Bangs, you've just about saved -- well, if you haven't saved everybody's life you've come pretty near to saving the cap'n's reason, I do believe.
Galusha the Magnificent Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907
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He'd taken the cap'n's picture, and Julius's and Van Doozen's.
Cape Cod Stories Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907
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"I'm here by the cap'n's orders," said Tucker faintly.
Many Cargoes 1903
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"The cap'n's welcome to her for me," murmured the helmsman in a husky whisper to the man next to him.
Many Cargoes 1903
bilby commented on the word cap'n's
If the cap'n's incapacitatatered, seek the bos'n's advice on steering the ship.
December 15, 2007