loblolly boy

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. In 18th- and 19th-century warships, a non-professional (male) assistant to the ship's surgeon. historical
    — [T]he carpenter repairing masts and plugging dangerous leaks in the hull, the surgeon attending to the sick. (His helpers were known as loblolly boys, for the porridge they served.)

词形变化

loblolly boys plural

词源

From loblolly in the sense of gruel made with seaworthy ingredients.
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