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purser rigged and parish damned (obsolete, nautical, slang) Having joined the United States Navy, either because of destitution or in order to flee problems on land.

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  1. purser rigged and parish damned (obsolete, nautical, slang) Having joined the United States Navy, either because of destitution or in order to flee problems on land.