jolly jumpers

Related Words

• jumpers

  Persons who rob houses by getting in at the windows. Also a set of Methodists established in South W...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• jumpers

  The short external duck-frock worn by sail-makers, artificers, riggers, &c., to preserve the clothin...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Jolly

  ·add. ·adj A marine in the English navy. II. Jolly ·superl Full of life and mirth; jovial; joyous; ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• jolly

  The head. I'll lump your jolly nob for you; I'll give you a knock on the head. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• jolly

  This term is usually applied to a comely and corpulent person, but afloat it is a familiar name for ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Jolly-boat

  ·noun A boat of medium size belonging to a ship. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• jolly nob

  The head. I'll lump your jolly nob for you; I'll give you a knock on the head. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• jolly dog

  A merry facetious fellow; a BON VIVANT, who never flinches from his glass, nor cries to go home to b...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• jolly-tail

  n. a Tasmanian name for the largervariety of the fish Galaxias attenuatus, Jenyns, andother species...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• jolly-boat

  A smaller boat than the cutter, but likewise clincher-built. It is generally a hack boat for small w...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• jolly roger

  A pirate's flag; a white skull in a black field. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• mersey jolly-tail

  n. See jolly-tail. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• pieman jolly-tail

  n. See jolly-tail. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris