man-o-war

See also: man-o'-war

English

man-o-war (plural men-o-war)

Misspelling of man-o'-war.
- 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, “I Go to Bristol”, in Treasure Island, London, Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC, part II (The Sea Cook), page 57:
  I have a boatswain who pipes, Livesey; so things shall go man-o-war fashion on board the good ship Hispaniola.

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