A letter, written by him in 1841 to his old "messmate," Commodore. From Wordnik.com. [James Fenimore Cooper] Reference
"an officers 'mess;" i.e. a meal taken in common at the same table; and so, "to mess together," "messmate," and so on. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 39, July 27, 1850] Reference
"You look rather white about the gills, messmate.". From Wordnik.com. [Bob the Castaway] Reference
But come, I want to hear all about my old messmate. From Wordnik.com. [Select Temperance Tracts] Reference
Thus spoke Tom; while each messmate approvingly heard. From Wordnik.com. [Poetic Sketches] Reference
"The Bower," the home of my messmate, Steve Dandridge. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson] Reference
His wife was safe, but now his messmate was in danger. From Wordnik.com. [Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves]
While there's a shot in the locker, a messmate to bless. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of the Humber or the History of the Late Mr. John Ellerthorpe] Reference
I was lying with my messmate on the cold and rocky ground. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-02-01] Reference
A sailor often misses even a messmate whom he may dislike. From Wordnik.com. [Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes] Reference
I was lying with my messmate on the cold and rocky ground. From Wordnik.com. [Christmas In the Trenches] Reference
"An old college chum and messmate of mine," Berrington said. From Wordnik.com. [The Slave of Silence] Reference
He reminded Olmos of his old messmate, Hopi, back in the war. From Wordnik.com. [365 tomorrows » 2006 » June : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference
We mix them nicely up here, and throw in a thief for a messmate. From Wordnik.com. [An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith] Reference
About noon we passed by "Chantilly," the home of my messmate, Wash. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson] Reference
My first social visit, in company with my messmate, James Gilmer, of. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson] Reference
“What,” said I, “Morgan, have you forgot your old messmate?”. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Roderick Random] Reference
John McClintic, of the Rockbridge Cavalry, and brother of my messmate. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson] Reference
I was accompanied by Captain J., an old messmate of his in former times. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor of King George] Reference
As my former messmate, the gunner of the frigate, did not join this ship. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor of King George] Reference
Who would have supposed that this weather-beaten hulk was my old messmate. From Wordnik.com. [Select Temperance Tracts] Reference
Then, noticing the scars on his face, I recognized my former messmate, Wash. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson] Reference
I only mean to say, he was not the man one would have chosen for a messmate. From Wordnik.com. [The Wreck of the Golden Mary, by Charles Dickens] Reference
We had three marines, two additional seamen and my volunteer messmate in our boat. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor of King George] Reference
The man we had just lost had been his messmate and friend, he told me, for ten years. From Wordnik.com. [Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities.] Reference
He began to speak thus, "Too few men, messmate Thorgeir, hast thou now in thy company.". From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor] Reference
Here, also, my former messmate, George Bedinger, now captain of a company in the Thirty-third. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson] Reference
I'm always ready for a messmate; but 'tain't often one boards me' cept Cap'n Joab now and then. From Wordnik.com. [Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper] Reference
When we sat down to eat and missed a messmate, the query went round, "Will it be my turn next?". From Wordnik.com. [Thirteen Months in the Rebel Army Being a Narrative of Personal Adventures in the Infantry, Ordnance, Cavalry, Courier, and Hospital Services; With an Exhibition of the Power, Purposes, Earnestness, Military Despotism, and Demoralization of the South] Reference
And a jolly young messmate with filth to besmirch, and to land for a filching adventure ashore. From Wordnik.com. [The Frogs] Reference
But more than this: no one would receive him as a messmate or be his tent companion, nor would the. From Wordnik.com. [The Orations of Lysias] Reference
But it is time that I told you the story of how Marryat saved the life of his messmate Cobbett, in the Mediterranean. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Many Lands] Reference
In addition to this, his flings at the Chaplain, his messmate, made him unpopular with the religiously inclined of the regiment. From Wordnik.com. [Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac] Reference
And you would leave an old messmate wandering at large on the face of the earth?. From Wordnik.com. [Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01] Reference
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