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Is there a particular name for the sailor who keeps watch in the ship's crow's nest?

I'd hate to think it's just lookout, or watchman.

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(C)raven nester?


Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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Ah...I don't think so.

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I don't think so.

Lookout (man), mayhap.


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As an old Navy man (but not a boatswain's mate) I'd say "lookout" is it.

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As an old Navy man (but not a boatswain's mate) I'd say "lookout" is it.




I prefer LL Bean myself.


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Quote:

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As an old Navy man (but not a boatswain's mate) I'd say "lookout" is it.




I prefer LL Bean myself.




Did you see a capital O in "old"?

I didn't think so.

You been through the rocks and shoals you can talk about the Old Navy.

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Prescriptivist.


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Just describing the way things are.

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Prescriptivist.




ROTFL @ "prescriptivist" as an epithet.

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