stewburner
n.—Gloss: a person who works in a naval commissary. «Henry Gagne was in the squadron about four months when he decided he wanted to be a stewburner, or in naval parlance, a commissaryman. So he worked in the chow hall.» —“ VR-24 Detachment” by Leonard W. “Stoney” Compton Stoney Compton’s Place on the web Oct. 30, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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