messmate

NOUN
  1. (nautical) an associate with whom you share meals in the same mess (as on a ship)
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  • The country traversed, consisted of scrubby flats, and low sandy ridges, timbered with bloodwood, messmate, mimosa, melaleuca, grevillea, and two or three species of the sterculia or curriijong, then in full blossom. Narrative of the Overland Expedition of the Messrs. Jardine from Rockhampton to Cape York, Northern Queensland
  • He'd assume, quite rightly, that some sailorman like himself had landed there in the past, and maybe if he was of sentimental romantic inclination he'd put it in his pocket for his girlfriend or to show his messmates.
  • ‘Of course he'll live, ’said his messmates. ‘Ain't the doctor pumped him dry, and blown out his gaff with physic?’
  • I knew you'd like my ` kettler, '" he observed, with a self-satisfied air, as he sat down with his messmates, who gathered round him. The Three Commanders
  • Dominant species include brown stringybark (Eucalyptus baxteri), manna gum (E. viminalis), messmate stringybark (E. obliqua), and mountain grey gum (E. cypellocarpa). Southeast Australia temperate forests
  • Dominant species include brown stringybark (Eucalyptus baxteri), manna gum (E. viminalis), messmate stringybark (E. obliqua), and mountain grey gum (E. cypellocarpa). Southeast Australia temperate forests
  • Brown stringybark is restricted to soils of low fertility, whereas messmate stringybark becomes more frequent as soil quality improves. Southeast Australia temperate forests
  • For most fishermen, the goal was to take from 15 to 30 trout a day, enough to furnish a good meal for themselves and their messmates.
  • Joe Matkin, with his moderate tastes, watched in amusement as his messmates came staggering and slipping up the gangplank and tried to form coherent replies to the enraged officer of the watch.
  • He reminded Olmos of his old messmate, Hopi, back in the war. 365 tomorrows » Jared Axelrod : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day
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