Vulgar words in We and the World, Part II - A Book for Boys (Page 1)
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We borrowed _her_--and now ye remind me, I wouldn't be surprised if Tim Brady was missing her by this, for I had no leisure to ask his leave at the time, and, as a rule, we take our own coracle in the hooker--" "What _is_ a hooker?"
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"What's a hooker?
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A hooker--what a catechetical little chatterbox ye are!
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A man can't get a word in edgeways--a hooker's a boat.
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The _Slut_, as we now privately called her, defied all our efforts to make her look creditable for New York harbour, but we were glad enough to get her there at all.
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We made the lights of Barnegat at about six o'clock one fine morning, took a pilot on board at Sandy Hook, and the _Slut_ being by this time as ship-shape as we could get her, we cleaned ourselves to somewhat better purpose, put on our shore-togs, and were at leisure to enjoy one of the most charming sensations in the world, that of making one's way into a beautiful harbour on a beautiful morning.
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That "of all the dirty ill-found tubs," the _Slut_ was the worst we had ever known, our limited experience had made us safe in declaring, and we had also been voluble about the undue length of time during which we had been "humbugging about" between Halifax and New York.
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But jokes were far too precious on board the _Slut_ for Dennis to spoil this one by explaining that his cousin was a middle-aged gentleman in partnership with the owner of a sugar estate.
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Or it may merely have been because when we had been at sea two days the wretched _Slut_ leaked so that, though we were pumping day and night, till we were nearly worn out, we couldn't keep the wet from the gimcrack cargo.
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You one dam mean white trash ob common sailor.
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There was no fear that we should fail to get berths as common seamen now, if we wanted them; and there was not a thing to regret about the _Slut_, except perhaps Alfonso, of whom we were really fond.