How To Use Bluejacket In A Sentence
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A lieutenant in the bluejacket of a cavalry regiment came into the room.
Sharpe's Honour
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'Get along up on deck, soldier,' said a bluejacket.
On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles
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He wore a dark bluejacket, striped tie and khaki slacks with his fraternity pin on his jacket lapel.
Twilight’s Child
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And although the bluejackets might complain at the extra work involved in the daily swabbing of the decks, they, too, recognized its importance and so they did it well.
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Indeed all around them was evidence of the new South African diamond rush and more than one of the bluejackets, including the expedition's photographer, deserted, tempted by the lure of an easy fortune.
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The 'handy-man' as a term for a bluejacket is an interesting parallel.
Times, Sunday Times
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And that, too, was a symptom of a continuing source of tension: The officers were eating as if they were still in harbor while the bluejackets were dining only on salt meat and biscuit.
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This was "Taff" Williams, Stoker First-class, comedian tenth-class, and master of patter unintelligible (mercifully so, perhaps) to any but a bluejacket audience.
A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions
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He was in the uniform of a French officer, a senior officer, his red-collared bluejacket bright with gold insignia.
Sharpe's Enemy
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The bluejackets, though, had their own name for it - ‘animal fluid’ - reflecting their cynicism at the newfound love affair that the middle classes were enjoying with the new Victorian religion, science.
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The Bluejacket's Manual has been the primary text for teaching young Sailors ever since.
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There was no element of surprise … and the object of the struggle was perfectly obvious to everybody from the youngest bluejacket to the simplest [Turkish] private.
Castles of Steel
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Lunch for the bluejackets was a basic affair, salt pork and pea soup.
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What our army and navy is was splendidly demonstrated when our bluejackets marched aboard their ships before our drawn-up soldiers while Admiral Fletcher transferred the command of Vera Cruz to General Funston.
Mexico's Army and Ours
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Fresh news, especially when fuelled by unregulated shore-based alcohol, was apt to re-ignite fistfights among bluejackets with differing opinions.
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Unlike the other artillery which was transported in pieces by mule or camel the Gatlings and Gardeners were moved purely by the muscle power of their bluejacket crews.
Archive 2007-08-01
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Below decks, however, the bluejackets agreed that they preferred the more earthy charms of Melbourne.
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Her officers, bluejackets, and Scientifics were finally at sea, yet from the perspective of geology they had not yet even left the continents.
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The bluejacket was brought aboard insensible but soon recovered.
Castles of Steel
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The only question is if it will be a hard charging khaki, or if we'll have to wait for one of our bluejackets to grow into the role.
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Then, shako-less and still buttoning his bluejacket, the Sergeant turned back towards the approaching Riflemen.
Sharpe's Rifles
