Definition of matelot

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- 1984, John Harris, A Funny Place to Hold a War,
- :… a chief petty officer, snarled something under his breath about bloody 'am-fisted matelots …
- 1997, Tristan Jones, Heart of Oak, http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1574090194&id=v_KgYDwH9lsC&pg=PA103&lpg=PA103&dq=matelot+ship&sig=QDHI9me2dRfGRDYt2XzON6viuZQ page 103,
- :So far as the average was concerned, there was little romanticism about the prefence for frigates, destroyers, frail E-boats that could be blown up with one well-aimed cannon, and submarines, those breeding grounds of TB and madness.
- 2004, Alan O'Reilly, Sound of Battle, ISBN 1595262881, http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1595262881&id=Ay-iHQZ2WhYC&pg=PA147&lpg=PA147&ots=R6gmjSkYEd&dq=%22the+leg+had+turned+septic+but+the+matelot+was+endearingly+cheerful%22&sig=3XHH4iipBoTF6vJJPDgM-3u293U page 147,
- :One day, a stalwart sailor was brought in with a severe fracture below the knee …
- :A week later the leg had turned septic but the was endearing cheerful.
- :"Never mind, Sister" he assured Anne. "I'll get a piece of whalebone, like Captain Ahab."
- 2005 William Atlay, All for a King's Shilling, Melrose Press, ISBN 190522625X, http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN190522625X&id=1CzRwj5CHLQC&pg=PA72&lpg=PA72&dq=matelot&num=100&sig=6OZxOLjHkI3yBWPKTDz6vr4WISk page 72,
- : Our took us out to sea in what I believed was not a very seaworthy boat.

Etymology: From the French.

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