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The young man probably arrived from England in the 1630s as a cabin boy or an indentured servant.
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Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2023
One of the cabin boys who worked by the fishing docks told my sister about a handy trick to save on quarters during pinball play.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2023
One day, captured by the wicked pirate Peg Leg Olle, Mo bumps into a resourceful young cabin boy, Hannes, and his pet bird.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 30 May 2023
Instead, the show blends adventure and real reverence, sometimes to beautiful effect and sometimes to jarring contrast, as when the shipwreck hunters stroll down a gorgeous beach while discussing a young cabin boy who died in a wreck 100 years before.
—Margaret Lyons, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2022
The mainmast is broken, the cabin boy is on deck, there are twelve passengers aboard, the wind is blowing Northeast, the clock points to a quarter past three in the afternoon.
—Richard Malena, Popular Mechanics, 26 Dec. 2022
Richardson had been born in London and had gone to sea at the age of 12, at first working as a cabin boy in the British merchant marine, then working his way up the ranks until becoming a captain.
—Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 May 2022
Two stewards and a little cabin boy jumped from a window—saved.
—Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2021
Horn, who ran away from home at 13, was a cabin boy on the ship.
—Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2021
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Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2023
One of the cabin boys who worked by the fishing docks told my sister about a handy trick to save on quarters during pinball play.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2023
One day, captured by the wicked pirate Peg Leg Olle, Mo bumps into a resourceful young cabin boy, Hannes, and his pet bird.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 30 May 2023
Instead, the show blends adventure and real reverence, sometimes to beautiful effect and sometimes to jarring contrast, as when the shipwreck hunters stroll down a gorgeous beach while discussing a young cabin boy who died in a wreck 100 years before.
—Margaret Lyons, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2022
The mainmast is broken, the cabin boy is on deck, there are twelve passengers aboard, the wind is blowing Northeast, the clock points to a quarter past three in the afternoon.
—Richard Malena, Popular Mechanics, 26 Dec. 2022
Richardson had been born in London and had gone to sea at the age of 12, at first working as a cabin boy in the British merchant marine, then working his way up the ranks until becoming a captain.
—Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 May 2022
Two stewards and a little cabin boy jumped from a window—saved.
—Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2021
Horn, who ran away from home at 13, was a cabin boy on the ship.
—Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2021
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“Cabin boy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cabin%20boy. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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