Along the mess-table of the galley -- or the "camboose," as the yacht's cook insisted upon calling it -- were ranged three gentlemen of color, each of whom treated his companions with the greatest deference, though at the same time believing himself to be just a little better posted in culinary matters than either of the others.    From Wordnik.com.  [Raftmates A Story of the Great River] Reference

Crouching under the lee of the camboose, the young skipper found.    From Wordnik.com.  [Freaks of Fortune or, Half Round the World] Reference

The camboose-house went also, at the last of these terrific seas; and nothing saved the camboose itself, but its great weight, added to the strength of its fastenings.    From Wordnik.com.  [Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore"] Reference

My office was to be that of cook -- by no means a very difficult task in that craft, the camboose consisting of two pots set in bricks, and the dishes being very simple.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast] Reference

To Neb's great delight, he was sent forward to take his share on the yards and in the rigging, there being no vacancy for him to fill about the camboose, or in the cabin.    From Wordnik.com.  [Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale] Reference

The launch, camboose, water-casks, and spare spars, in driving overboard, having forced out timber-heads, and other supports, in a way to split the plank sheer, which let in the water fast, every time the lee gunwale went under.    From Wordnik.com.  [Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore"] Reference

Diogenes, it seems, had that moment gone to his camboose, to look after the plain dinner he was trying to boil, when probably seizing the iron as the most solid object near him, he was carried overboard with it, and never reappeared.    From Wordnik.com.  [Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore"] Reference

There was no chimney required, fire being unnecessary for warmth in that climate; but the French had brought their camboose from the wreck, and this we placed under a proper covering at a short distance from the hut, the strength of one man being insufficient to move it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale] Reference

Ducks aboard here, and there is but one camboose, and one set of coppers. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Homeward Bound or, the Chase] Reference