shellback
/ʃɛlˌbæk/
noun
- A sailor who has crossed the equator and participated in a traditional ceremony marking the event.
- The shellbacks initiated the pollywogs with a playful ritual on deck.
- My grandfather was a shellback from his time in the navy in the 1950s.
- After crossing the equator, the crew celebrated the new shellbacks with a ceremony.
- A veteran or experienced sailor, especially one who has spent many years at sea.
- The young cadets listened carefully to the shellback's stories of storms and distant ports.
- As a shellback, she knew every rope and knot on the ship.
- The old shellback could predict the weather just by looking at the clouds.
- A hard-shelled animal, such as a turtle or a crab.
- We spotted a shellback crawling across the sand toward the ocean.
- A large shellback hid under a rock in the tide pool.
- The children were excited to see a shellback at the aquarium.
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