my seafaring days

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• sea·far·ing — /ˈsiːˌferıŋ/ noun [noncount] : the activity of traveling on the sea especially while working on a boat or a ship He began a life of seafaring. seafaring adj, always used before a noun He always tells stories from his seafaring days. a seafaring… …   Useful english dictionary

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