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sea dog

noun [C]
 
 
literary or humorous

Definition

an old sailor with many years of experience at sea: With his white beard and blue cap he looked like an old sea dog.People who work on boats and shipsExperienced
(Definition of sea dog noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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