shupercargo

Updated: June 14, 2025

An' there's the shupercargo o' the bit of a vessel as is goin' to take 'em out. I know him partic'lar; he's a solid man, an' got a family i' the town here. Salt, his name is, an' a briny chap he is too, an' if you don't believe me, I can take you to him." Uncle Glegg stood open-mouthed with astonishment at this unembarrassed loquacity, with which his understanding could hardly keep pace.

George Eliot - The Mill on the Floss