Vulgar words in Middy and Ensign (Page 1)

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buffoon x 1
cocky x 5
jackass x 1
knocked up x 2
            

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"Well, he is so cocky, Dick," said the middy, "and struts about, and--" "That's what I say, sir," said the old sailor, leaning his arms on the bulwark, "just like a gamecock."

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"What a jackass you are to torture yourself like that, to try and take me in, middy!"

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"Consequential--" "I tell you what it is--" "Cocky--" "I never heard--" "Unpleasant fellow that ever wore Her Majesty's uniform."

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"Knocked up.

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He's a very cocky fellow, you know; but he's a good one at bottom."

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Bob Roberts had a tiff with Long, made vow after vow that he would never speak to the ensign again; declaring him to be a consequential cocky scarlet pouter pigeon, with as much strut in him as a bantam.

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"I'm about knocked up," said Bob, panting.

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"My word, they are cocky!

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"Yes," he said, gruffly, "I dare say it is very funny, and anybody can laugh like a buffoon about such an arrangement; but how are they going to be safe on board a vessel whose officers cannot keep her from running aground."

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