Sailors at work made boast (4)

I believe the answer is:

crew

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'sailors' is the definition.
(as in a ship's crew)

I don't understand the rest of the clue.

(Other definitions for crew that I've seen before include "A kind of short cut" , "Cox and Co" , "Train team" , "Boat's workers" , "Work gang" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.

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