ship's cousin
English
Noun
ship's cousin (plural ship's cousins)
- (obsolete, nautical, slang) an esteemed or preferred passenger aboard ship.
- 1876, James Fenimore Cooper, The Pioneers, Houghton Mifflin "The Pioneers":
- "You're a ship's cousin, I tell ye, Master Doo-but-little," roared the steward; "some such matter as a ship's cousin, sir.."
- 1876, James Fenimore Cooper, The Pioneers, Houghton Mifflin "The Pioneers":
References
- Breverton, Terry (2004). "ship's cousin." from the pirate dictionary.
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