English Explanatory Dictionary

purser rigged and parish damned

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having joined the United States Navy, either because of destitution or in order to flee problems on land.

Pronunciation

En-au-purser rigged and parish damned.ogg

Word forms

purser rigged and parish damned

Etymology

purser (“ship mate in charge of accounting for passengers aboard”) + rigged (“fixed”) + parish (“meaning church community ashore”) + damned (“forsaken”).

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