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drunken sailor

collocation in English

meanings of drunkenand sailor


These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or, see other collocations with sailor.
drunken
adjective[before noun]
uk /ˈdrʌŋ.kən/ us /ˈdrʌŋ.kən/
A drunken person is (often) under the influence ...
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sailor
noun[C]
uk /ˈseɪ.lər/ us /ˈseɪ.lɚ/
a person who works on a ship, especially one who is not ...
See more at sailor


Examples of drunken sailor


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I retorted that if he believed that he was suffering from the mad hallucinations of a drunkensailor.
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There may have been the odd person here and there who had a drunkensailor attitude, but generally the attitude was very responsible.
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They spend money like a drunkensailor with eight arms.
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I call that the drunkensailor syndrome.
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It was found that the fortress was fully occupied, and he was taken to a cell which at that moment was occupied by a drunkensailor.
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A drunkensailor came up the gangway.
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Imagination that is absent from a mundane orderly life is represented not by a dandified aesthete but instead by a drunkensailor dreaming of catching tigers in red weather.
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This type is first class in dealing with drunken sailors.
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When cost-cutters start, they throw money around like drunken sailors and sometimes make mistakes.
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Riots in 1741 and 1742 took place over high bread prices and drunken sailors.
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Until the late 1930s a small square lockup stood nearby where drunken sailors and townspeople were incarcerated for the night.
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However, what she is actually observing is not men acting in a refined or civilised manner, but rather drunken sailors staggering off the wreckage of their ship.
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