Vulgar words in From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life (Page 1)
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For them was adopted, in naval colloquialism, the inelegant but suggestive term "jackass" lieutenants.
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A story ran of one, not long before my "date," who, having been sent on two or three bootless errands by unauthorized jesters, finally received from a person in due authority the absurd-sounding, but legitimate, message to have the jackasses put in the hawse-holes.
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The position was not without advantages, when riding head to wind, in hot tropical weather; but under way, close-hauled, with a stiff breeze, a good deal of salt water found its way in, especially if the jackasses were in the hawse-holes.
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I recast Dr. Johnson's saying: "None but a blockhead would write unless he needed money."
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None but a blockhead would write for money, unless he had to.
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These were called "jackasses."