- TRUNNION, COMMODORE HAWSER
- an eccentric retired naval officer in Smollett's "Peregrine Pickle," affects the naval commander in his retirement.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. James Wood. 1907.
TRUNNION, COMMODORE HAWSER
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