deepwaterman
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2ADJ.
classic, old, small, small
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from
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A ship that is used to voyage and operate in deep waters.
Aboard a real shipshape and Bristol fashion deepwaterman of the old school, if there be any such left today, everything is done according to the custom of the sea.
It is not a job to crave for, that scraping out of the bilges of a deepwaterman.
A person who works in deep waters at sea.
'Hell ships' were commonest among deepwatermen on long voyages round the Horn, or among the whalers when the best class of foremast hands were not to be had.
... real seamen, fishermen and deepwatermen before the war, all from Brittany, Brest, La Pallice, Saint-Malo and Saint-Nazaire.
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3Aboard a real shipshape and Bristol fashion deepwaterman of the old school, if there be any such left today, everything is done according to the custom of the sea.
WiktionaryIt is not a job to crave for, that scraping out of the bilges of a deepwaterman.
WiktionaryA typical example of the classic small deepwaterman from a small Westcountry port, the Geisha closes this section.
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