sherk

Updated: January 25, 2026

It signifies a skulk, a sherk, one who is always trying to get clear of work, and is out of the way, or hanging back, when duty is to be done. "Marine" is the term applied more particularly to a man who is ignorant and clumsy about seaman's work a green-horn a land-lubber.

Richard Henry Dana - Two Years Before the Mast