man-o-war

man-o-war (plural men-o-war)

1. Misspelling of man-o'-war.
   • 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, “I Go to Bristol”, in Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC, part II (The Sea Cook), page 57:

     I have a boatswain who pipes, Livesey; so things shall go man-o-war fashion on board the good ship Hispaniola.