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Thread #166741   Message #4011979
Posted By: GUEST
05-Oct-19 - 02:50 AM
Thread Name: A Sailor ain't a Sailor
Subject: RE: A Sailor ain't a Sailor
Try http://www.tomlewis.net/lyrics/last_shanty.htm

what you give as "killock" is "killick" there. Chambers Dictionary gives the same definition as yours but also:

"In the Royal Navy, a leading seaman (from his badge, bearing the symbol of an anchor)"