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ship's_cousin

ship's cousin

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Noun

ship's cousin (plural ship's cousins)

  1. (obsolete, nautical, slang) an esteemed or preferred passenger aboard ship.
    • 1876, James Fenimore Cooper, The Pioneers, Houghton Mifflin "The Pioneers":
      "You're a ship's cousin, I tell ye, Master Doo-but-little," roared the steward; "some such matter as a ship's cousin, sir.."

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