Farmer’s Slang & Its Analogues. 1890–1909, rev. 2022.
Ship-husband
subs. phr. (nautical).—See quot.
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1842. MARRYAT, Percival Keene, xviii. He was, as we use the term at sea, a regular SHIP HUSBAND—that is to say, he seldom put his foot on shore; and if he did, he always appeared anxious to get on board again.
