| 单词 | paddy wester |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPaddy Wester Paddy Wester n. slang a bogus seaman, esp. one using a dead sailor's papers; an inefficient or inexperienced seaman. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > inefficient, lazy, or unseamanlike sailor lubber1579 guinea pig1748 marine1829 soldier1840 lubbard1867 Paddy Wester1892 ullage1901 oily wad1925 1892 Boy's Own Paper 28 May 549/1 At the last moment a number of ‘Paddy Westers’ had shipped as substitutes for men previously engaged under the superintendence of the chief mate. 1927 F. H. Shaw Knocking Around xiii. 125 He was not an actual Paddy-Wester, but he had sailed shipmates with many of them. 1938 W. E. Dexter Rope-yarns 125 They had a pack of fake seamen sailing on dead men's discharges—a crew of ‘Paddy Westers’. < as lemmas |
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