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Difference between Sea boy and Sea girl

see boya man or youth pursuing his career at sea as a sailor, etc.:

  • He ventured to remark, that no other coat than a payjacket could become a sea-boy.

sea girl —(also: sea-maid) a mythological being supposed to inhabit the sea:

  • Suddenly they saw twelve sea girls come up out of the water and dance a round upon the sand.