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New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11664, 31 October 1923, Page 11

Of Bailors nicknames probably tarpaulin’ 1 is the oldest, from which we get. the contraction “tar”; other well-; known terms for mariners arc “salts,” j “shellbacks,” and “lobscoocses.” Ships’ I cooks are often known as ‘‘slushers,” ! from their custom of their skimming the | “slush” or fat from the sides of the I coppers in which the men’s meat is boiled, and securing it as a perquisite to sell when a port was arrivod at. A cook’s assistant is “Jack Nasty Face,” whilo a somewhat libellous name for the purser is “Xipehccsc.”

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