The mate's unservicelike style of acquiescence — "With much pleasure sir," rather surprised, if it did not actually disconcert our 'gallant post,' who for a few seconds stared at him with all his eyes, open mouthed to boot, […]
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Unservicelike
Synonyms for "unservicelike"
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The Borneons, in fighting, wear a quilted jacket or spencer, which reaches over the hips, and from its size has a most unservicelike appearance: the bare legs and arms sticking out from under this puffed-out coat, like the sticks which support the garments of a scarecrow.
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Malta could offer no replacements, so that many submariners with a natural pride in their uniform did not 'go ashore' when they could, because they looked so unservicelike.
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