PURSER
NOUNS – PERSON
► NIPCHEESE a ship’s purser → 1785 sl. obs.
VERBS
► MAKE DEAD MEN CHEW TOBACCO of a purser: to falsify accounts in order to conceal the embezzlement of funds or stores → 1805 Amer. nautical sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► NIPCHEESE a ship’s purser → 1785 sl. obs.
VERBS
► MAKE DEAD MEN CHEW TOBACCO of a purser: to falsify accounts in order to conceal the embezzlement of funds or stores → 1805 Amer. nautical sl.