day-gamblers

Updated: August 7, 2026

Now, in addition to having an eye on the master-at-arms and his aids, the day-gamblers must see to it, that every person suspected of being a white-mouse or fancy-man, is like-wise dogged wherever he goes. Additional scouts are retained constantly to snuff at their trail.

Herman Melville - White Jacket: or, the World on a Man-of-War