seadog

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Examples

• The old seadog was stretched out in his berth, a look of pain and utter despair in his eyes.

• Her brow tightened, and the determination of the old seadog—her grandfather Barkeley—played over her countenance.

• Nay, the Seadog of Cowes is no man to be the prey of womanish tremors; he goes gaily like a true Mariner to confront the elements.

• A basket with a turbot is in the stern-sheets; that turbot will form part of the Seadog's humble evening meal.

• Twenty strokes more—the peril is past; and the Seadog bounds on to the deck of his stout vessel.