However, the Orphan was presently allowed to hobble about on crutches; and one morning shortly afterwards the weekly trawler from Mudros brought down all the gun-room stores which the messman had ordered from Malta.
It all went down as "extras", so the messman didn't mind.
Half full of oranges and bananas it was; and their mouths watered and their eyes brightened as they thought of the feast they would have if it came alongside and the ward-room messman did not buy them all.
It struck the ledge and detonated like a high-explosive projectile, and the messman received its disintegrated stickiness full in the face.
It's bin thrown overboard, sir,' themessman explained glibly, disappearing from view.
Tell the Messman I've got a guest to dinner," said Thorogood to the Corporal of the Wardroom servants.
And get strawberry jam: see the Messman doesn't try and palm off any of his beastly gooseberry stuff like he did last time.
Mit apple tart and cream: the Messman can't be well.
In the Suvaroff the cook and the messman were French.
Take them down to the messman and see that they have a good meal," he commanded, when he had finished.
Tom knew that already, for the messmanwho had conducted him below, and who was decidedly a pleasant, kindly individual, had given him much information.
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.
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.
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.
The cook prepared the meals, and the messman of the day rendered any assistance necessary.
Then themessman ran out to the trap-door and saw that the northern wireless mast had disappeared.
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.
The obvious solution, to use white volunteers for messman duty, would be a radical departure from tradition.
In marked contrast to the claims of Navy recruiters, the marines reported no difficulty in attracting white volunteers for messman duties.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "messman" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
