man-o-war
See also: man-o'-war
English
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edit- Misspelling of man-o'-war.
- 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, “I Go to Bristol”, in Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC, part II (The Sea Cook), page 57:
- I have a boatswain who pipes, Livesey; so things shall go man-o-war fashion on board the good ship Hispaniola.