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Selcraig

noun
1.
Scottish sailor who was put ashore on a deserted island off the coast of Chile for five years (providing the basis for Daniel Defoe's novel about Robinson Crusoe) (1676-1721).  Synonyms: Alexander Selcraig, Alexander Selkirk, Selkirk.





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"Selcraig" Quotes from Famous Books



... owre a' the kintra frae Dunbar to Selcraig, and hae forgather'd wi' mony a guid fallow, and mony a weelfar'd hizzie. I met wi' twa dink quines in particlar, ane o' them a sonsie, fine, fodgel lass, baith braw and bonnie; the tither was a clean-shankit, straught, tight, weel-far'd ...
— The Letters of Robert Burns • Robert Burns


Words linked to "Selcraig" :   sailor, crewman, Alexander Selcraig


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