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cabin boy

Noun

Meaning

a young man acting as a servant on a ship

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cabin-boy

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That's what keeps me up at three in the morning: Who's looking at reviews of Cabin Boy right now? Chris Elliott

As a cabin boy on a Norwegian sailing ship I earned five kronen a week in addition to my keep. Fritz Sauckel

When I was a child, I wanted to raise horses in Wyoming or be a cabin boy on a pirate ship. Sadie Jones

After several days, one of the crew, a seventeen-year-old cabin boy, fell unconscious due to a combination of the famine and drinking seawater. Source: Internet

At age thirteen, Driver ran way from home to become a cabin boy on a ship. Source: Internet

At twelve, Audubon went to military school and became a cabin boy. Source: Internet

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