"purser rigged and parish damned" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-purser rigged and parish damned.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: purser (“ship mate in charge of accounting for passengers aboard”) + rigged (“fixed”) + parish (“meaning church community ashore”) + damned (“forsaken”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|purser||ship mate in charge of accounting for passengers aboard}} purser (“ship mate in charge of accounting for passengers aboard”), {{m|en|rigged||fixed}} rigged (“fixed”), {{m|en|parish||meaning church community ashore}} parish (“meaning church community ashore”), {{m|en|damned||forsaken}} damned (“forsaken”) Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} purser rigged and parish damned
  1. (obsolete, nautical, slang) Having joined the United States Navy, either because of destitution or in order to flee problems on land. Tags: obsolete, slang Categories (topical): Nautical

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