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deck ape noun an enlisted sailor in the US Navy US, 1944- Deck apes worked in whites, not dungarees. — Earl Thompson, Tattoo, p. 309, 1974
- Shelby said, “Look at all them lazy deck apes, smokin n’ jokin’. Can’t tell me anbody works in the navy. I shoulda been a swab.” — Joseph Wambaugh, Finnegan’s Week, p. 39, 1993
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