“midshipman's”

The following 3 entries include the term midshipman's.

midshipman's-butter

noun

midshipman's hitch

noun

: a hitch used especially for mooring and lifesaving and made by tying a rolling hitch with the end of a line to the standing part

midshipman's nuts

plural noun

: pieces of broken sea biscuit

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