The cheese maggot.--Webster.
·noun A ship boy. II. Skipper ·noun A young, thoughtless person. III. Skipper ·noun One who, or th...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A barn. CANT.--Also the captain of a Dutch vessel. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
i.q. Hopping fish (q.v.). ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
The master of a merchant vessel. Also, a man-of-war's man's constant appellation for his own captain...
The Sailor's Word-Book