| 单词 | bundle-man |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbundle-man bundle-man n. Nautical slang a married seaman (see quot. 1925). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married man > [noun] > seaman bundle-man1895 1895 United Service Mag. 518 If one of the officers is on the sick list it is well to have a spare room in the bundle-man's house. 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 39 Bundle-man, a, a Lower Deck phrase for a married man, apparently suggested by the small bundle tied up with a blue handkerchief which married seamen..usually take ashore with them when going on leave. 1927 Blackwood Mag. June 712/1 Many of my messmates were ‘bundle-men’, and were busy arranging passages for their families to Malta. < as lemmas |
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