The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-12-18
THE SAllOR'S SLANG
Names That Sailor-Men Use To Theie
Mates While Abroad.

Names That Sailor-Men Use To Their
Mates While Abroad.
Our sailors having acquired a re-
narkable slang Of their own, as will
be seen by the following, which are in
daily use on board:
The boatswain is Tommy or Tom
DJ Pipes"
The carpenter is "Chippy."
An able seaman ''jarbee." J.
A stoker is ''cinder knotter."
The Master-at-Arns Chief Of Police
is the "jaunty."
His assistants (ships'' corporals) are
called "crushers."
A carpenters crew is "wood spoil
err
A cooper is called Jimmy Bungs."
Tie ships steward assistant dusty.
The captain of the hold, "tanky."
The boatswain's mate, buffer"
3 bandman IS wind jammer."
The sick bayman is ''pouluce mix
err
The painter, putty
The sailmaker, "Sails.''
signalman, Bunting Tosser," and
the drummer, ''Sticks."
Biscuits are hard tack" and pre-
served meat, Fanny Adams it IS al
so referred to as soup and bully"
Fresh meat boiled with vegetables in
the copper is copper rattle" While
plum pudding is plum duh' or "hggy
dowdy."
TO be asked by a messmate to pass
the lighthouse is simply a request
for the pepperbox; similar request
for a 'gibby" means a spoon.
To hear man being smashed"
means that he has lost his petty officer
rating, while to hear that he got a
lift" expresses the opposite-that ne
has received promotion.
A man breaking his leave is said to
be "stething it." and if after punish
mept he is heard to upbraid himself FOR
his folly, he is said to be ''fogsins the
cat" Long may your big jib draw"
conveys to messmate all the possible
good you can wish him; while III
stretch you along like a Yankee main
tack" has a far different meaning.
"Cocbing a chest like half-pay ad-
m.raP' is often used to describe the
bulk Of a person who is considered to
be putting on side.
70 be told that you look like "a billy
goat in stays" is not compliment.
TO spin cuff is to tell stcsy, and
to be told to ''cut' the latter signifies
you are to stop and generally to go on
with TIE job in hand.
The order to "heave round,'' "look
suippery,'' or "shake a leg" means
yon are to make haste.
70 top your boom" or "shove off, is
to leave the company you may be con-
yersins with.
While the modern expression, well,
YOU take the CAKE" is now often used,
its equivalent. "Well, you paul my cap
stan" still may be heard.
To be told to "buck up and take g.
chilly" is an intimation for you to
shake yourself together, especially so
if the person in question has had a
cooking day''-a drop too much. Inc
sun is said to be ''oyer and foreyard''
when referring to anyone not sober,
and to hear Of so-and-so having "roileo
I'D" means that he is dead.
'Raggle' doesn't sound very select,
but such is the expression used on the
lower deck. Once man takes Hk-
inr to one man more than the remand
er of the ships company, they at once
become known as "raggies."
Naval proverbs are interesting, but
not very expressive. For instance,
First on the topsail and last in the
beef skid" IS that expression made con-
cerning a smart seaman.
"Pick him up and pipe clay him and
he'll do again." is often used to express
that a marine has slipped down a lad
der leading to the lower deck.