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seadog

n. 1 A sailor accustomed to the sea. 2 (context archaic English) A seal (marine mammal), or a similar design in heraldry. 3 dogfish 4 (context uncommon English) An omen of bad luck. 5 (context uncommon English) A white-topped wave in an estuary.

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Seadog

Seadog or sea dog may refer to:

  • a slang term for a sailor
  • a slang term for a dog at sea
  • a slang term for pinnipeds, as in:
    • a member of the Portland Sea Dogs baseball team
    • a member of the Saint John Sea Dogs hockey team
  • Sea lions are sometimes called sea dogs by children because they do look like dogs, besides the fact that they evolved from the canines
  • Sea Dog Brewing Company, a manufacturer of beer and a chain of restaurants
  • "Seadog", an episode from the first season of the American television drama series NCIS
  • a supporter of the defunct Scarborough F.C. or phoenix club Scarborough Athletic F.C.
  • a mariner's term for a fog bow, an optical phenomenon
  • an antiquated term for a shark
  • Sea Dog, a pseudonym used at one point in Wong Sun v. United States, 371 U.S. 471 (1963)

Usage examples of "seadog".

The Mariners tried to sue, but when fans stopped coming to games in protest, the suit was dropped and the Seadog name has been a thorn in their sides ever since, even though the team has gotten good.

As she fought for balance an old seadog came limping out of the main building.

Shamus and of Greasy Solarny, an old seadog who had sailed with Aran for twenty years.

I have a pretty good idea of who fabricated them, with the help of the people in London - and indeed in my own heart I am quite sure he is one of them, though I did not suspect him at the time, with his open, rather stupid seadog airs.

The credit of the regiment, the regard of this venerable old seadog, his own honor, were at stake.

Picture to yourself those first navigators venturing in ships made of planks sewn with the cords of the palmtree, saturated with the grease of the seadog, and covered with powdered resin!

I am quite sure he is one of them, though I did not suspect him at the time, with his open, rather stupid seadog airs.

On the second afternoon, the skipper, a fine old seadog, invited them to come up on the bridge.

Seattle Seadogs merchandise, including caps and shirts, and all with a great pirate-hound logo.

I had actually planned to refer to the Seadogs as the Mariners in this portion of my memoirs, but the word-processing software Valerie set me up with seems to be determined to avoid use of the word Mariner.

The Seadogs management tried to put him back together, but could not, so they let him work around the Dome.

Valerie took it as a personal victory that Jimmy referred to the team as the Seadogs in Matrix chat she set up for him, despite the trouble it could have caused him.

Ugly washes were coming over, but they lashed themselves to the pump and set to work like the indomitable seadogs that they were.

Most seadogs believe that women are common property, to be had by all.

Drake, Hawkins, Howard, Frobisher and the other seadogs all appeared under very different names.