sailory

comparative more sailory · superlative most sailory

1. informalrareResembling or characteristic of a sailor.

   You can't remember? I'll give you a hint. It rhymes with.... Oh hell, what rhymes with aghast besides avast (too sailory for me. reminds me of Ahoy, Mateys!!)

   1999 August 4, <spurl@my-deja.com>, “An Awakening”, in alt.arts.poetry.comments (Usenet)

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   If he thought he was in the canal, but the GPS thought he was in the canal, I regret that, knowing the average sailory type, I would assume that your 'friend' had been at the rum again, and that greater reliance should be placed on the GPS evidence than on his.

   2000 May 6, Bill, “Slightly O/T - GPS "Spoiler" switched off”, in uk.rec.waterways (Usenet)

   Wish I could remember the name of my fav haunt in Sasebo. We got to Yokusaka more often, I didn't much care for that town. Sasebo was more clean and not-so-"sailory". The tin can sailors hated us bird farmers 'cause when we came in the price of everything went up.

   2000 August 9, JD Cooper, “usnret”, in alt.fifty-plus.friends (Usenet)

   Babs, by all means, puesue^([sic]) Nealit to your eharts^([sic]) content. I'm sure he will resoind^([sic]) some day and the both of you can sail of[f] in sailory delight with each other.

   2001 December 10, katy, “The Bombshell Returns!”, in alt.sailing.asa (Usenet)