sailorizingn.
/ˈseɪlərʌɪzɪŋ/ colloquial.attributive.1882 T. G. Bowles Flotsam & Jetsam xi Translated it into sailorizing language.
The pursuits or work of sailors.
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society > travel > travel by water > seafaring life > [noun] > business or work of a sailor
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1876 C. H. Davis Narr. North Polar Exped. Ship Polaris xi. 254 You will find them busy on various branches of work, such as shoemaking, patching, whittling out..miniature ships, and, in fact, sailorizing of all sorts.
1880 W. C. Russell Sailor's Sweetheart (1881) I. iv. 118 With a high barometer and a harbour always under your lee, sailorizing can't fail to be enjoyable.
1898 F. T. Bullen Cruise ‘Cachalot’ xvii. 209 Many of the crew were quite unable to do any sailorizing, as we term work in sails and rigging.
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