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Meaning of purser rigged and parish damned | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C2

Definitions

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

obsolete, slang

Examples

““Purser rigged and parish damned,” is the sailor saying in the American Navy, when the tyro first mounts the lined frock and blue jacket, aptly manufactured for him in a State Prison ashore.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

pursier pursiest pursive pursuable pursuant pursuaunt