He was clothed with tatters of old ship's canvas and old sea cloth; and this extraordinary patchwork was all held together by a system of the most various and incongruous fastenings, brass buttons, bits of stick, and loops of tarry gaskin.
We found a brassbutton in his stomach and a round ball, and lots of rubbage.
我们在它的胃子里找到一只铜扣子和一只圆球，还有不少杂七杂八的东西。
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They were in the same navy blazers with brass buttons and the same button-down shirts with the same top button ill-advisedly undone to reveal the same section of loose neck.