Collocations withsailor
These are words often used in combination withsailor.
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avid sailor
He is an avid sailor and has owned several boats over the years.
From
Wikipedia
drunken sailor
I retorted that if he believed that he was suffering from the mad hallucinations of a drunken sailor.
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Hansard archive
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experienced sailor
Maritime law may, for example, recognize the most experienced sailor as the captain.
From theCambridge English Corpus
shipwrecked sailor
You awaken one morning on your amply outfitted but very small boat to find that a shipwrecked sailor has climbed aboard.
From theCambridge English Corpus
young sailor
I am a young sailor with no knowledge of the law.
From the
Hansard archive
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