Messman

My father, who had spent a summer in the merchant marine as a messman himself, had read them, and he wanted us to read them. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The beaker was so greasy and filthy that I could not help turning round to the messman and saying, ‘Fellow, get me a glass!’ ❋ Unknown (2006)

When he had closed the door on the messman and set the tray on his desk, Kathryn McCormac was her own captain again. ❋ Anderson, Poul, 1926- (1972)

He acted as bear-leader and buffoon, villain and hero, alternately in public; while in private he was cook, drudge, messman, and menagerie manager for the rest of the party, for animals of some sort invariably formed part of the attractions of the troupe. ❋ Frances Browne Arthur (N/A)

Outside of the messman branch you will find comparatively few Negroes in the Navy today. ❋ William Allison Sweeney (N/A)

In marked contrast to the claims of Navy recruiters, the marines reported no difficulty in attracting white volunteers for messman duties. ❋ Morris J. MacGregor (N/A)

They're probably getting used to their messman by now. ❋ 1886-1967 Bartimeus (1926)

The cook prepared the meals, and the messman of the day rendered any assistance necessary. ❋ Douglas Mawson (1920)

The problem was to recover one's own property and at the same time to avoid the cook scraping the porridge saucepan and the messman scrubbing the table. ❋ Douglas Mawson (1920)

Speeches were made, toasts were drunk, the supple boards of the table creaked with good things, cook and messman vied with each other in lavish hospitality, the Hut was ornate with flags, every man was spruce in his snowiest cardigan and neck-cloth, the gramophone sang of music-hall days, the wind roared its appreciation through the stove-pipe, and rollicking merriment was supreme. ❋ Douglas Mawson (1920)

The storeman, plastered with snow, reappears hot and triumphant before the cook, but this dignitary is awkwardly kneading the dough of wholemeal scones, and the messman is feeding the fire with seal-blubber to ensure a "quick" oven. ❋ Douglas Mawson (1920)

The first hint of this came from the messman and cook who commenced to make a Herculean sweep of the pint-mugs and tin plates. ❋ Douglas Mawson (1920)

The cook and messman often made their presence felt and heard. ❋ Douglas Mawson (1920)

In case the cook was worsted, the messman sturdily upheld his opinions, and in case the weight of public opinion was too much for the storeman, he slipped on his felt mitts, shouldered a Venesta box and made for the tunnel which led to the store. ❋ Douglas Mawson (1920)

Cooks of lyric inclination would enliven the company with the score of the latest gramophone opera, and the messman and company would often feel impelled to join in the choruses. ❋ Douglas Mawson (1920)

Celebrations were carried on into the night, but no one forgot the cook and the messman. ❋ Douglas Mawson (1920)

Then the messman ran out to the trap-door and saw that the northern wireless mast had disappeared. ❋ Douglas Mawson (1920)

And the muddling messman could never be surpassed who lost the cutter of the sausage machine and put salt-water ice in the melting-pots. ❋ Douglas Mawson (1920)

"What's this?" said the Captain, and the others making no attempt to answer his question, left the messman to tell a voluble tale of a ❋ Boyd Cable (1910)

"Ah!" said the messman, eyeing him thoughtfully, "I thought maybe ye had heard." ❋ Boyd Cable (1910)