purser rigged and parish damned

形容词 adj.
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英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Having joined the United States Navy, either because of destitution or in order to flee problems on land. obsolete,slang
    — “Purser rigged and parish damned,” is the sailor saying in the American Navy, when the tyro first mounts the lined frock and blue jacket, aptly manufactured for him in a State Prison ashore.

词源

purser (“ship mate in charge of accounting for passengers aboard”) + rigged (“fixed”) + parish (“meaning church community ashore”) + damned (“forsaken”).
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