marineress

Example Sentences

• "About nine, however, the good woman came on deck, intending to take a look at the weather, like a skilful marineress as she was, before she turned in."
• "That bold little marineress, Mrs. Captain Maguire, who brought the ship Chieftain (of Philadelphia) into New York from Calcutta, has been presented by the underwriters on the vessel in Boston and Philadelphia with a check for $1000."
• "Shortly they came in sight of a sailor’s house constructed of reeds and rushes and ‘uncommonly artfully covered with a huge net; inside of which house a number of mariners and marineresses were dancing their rustic (!) dances.’"
• "A Marine Medley, in Reply to the recent query, “Should Women be Sailors?”[…]Air—“Ye Mariners of England.” We marineresses of England / Will gaily guard our seas; / But we shall flag, with a thousand fears, / When up there springs a breeze. / In the hornpipe (or some nice sea-waltz) / We’ll trip with festive toe; / But we’ll feel quite melted “salts” / If the stormy winds do blow!"
• "Admitting the coast to be a bit dangerous for extended tours, the bay is veritably a succession of land-locked harbors, in which the water is sufficiently smooth to make easy sailing for even the most sensitive of marineresses."
• "But, of course, the crew of the Hot Cross Bun are nothing to the marineress whose sex has only just been discovered."