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[jasonandrew]

My google-fu is weak. I'm looking for ways a girl would have crossdressed to appear to be a boy while on a sailing ship back in the 1600-1700s. Basically, a girl is going to be pretending to be a Yeoman.

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[steve-vernon.livejournal.com]

Bind your breasts with a stout silk sash. You'll sweat and feel uncomfortable. Cut your hair, chop it off with a knife or a set of shears. Stuff your codpiece with a Turk's Knot. (Google Turk's Knot - it's an old sailor's knot that her uncle the sailor would have certainly taught her).

Her hands will need to be rough. Is she a washer maid? How hard has she been working? She'll need to pull her weight. A sailor's life back then was particularly hard.

She should learn to blow here nose with her knuckles, or rub them on her collar. Certain ranked sailors were called "Snotties", those who stood watch on the cold Atlantic nights and wiped their nose on their pea coat's collar.

That's all I can think of, off the cuff.