chef-de-caboose

Updated: May 12, 2025

The chef-de-caboose was not ignorant of the excellence of the fish. He really felt regret, less on his own account, than in consideration of his protege, Lilly Lalee; whose palate he would fain have indulged with something more delicate than sun-dried fish and salty biscuit.

Mayne Reid - The Ocean Waifs: A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea