When sailors return to shore and usually spend their time doing things they can't do back on ship, such as getting drunk and sleeping with women. This term is also used in many sci-fi stories where space travel is presented.
"I really needed to use the can on my break at work today, but whoever was in there before me left some sailors (poop nuggets) on shore leave."
By Ginnie
Spend Like A Drunken Sailor On Shore Leave
To spend a lot of money at any one given time; taken from the fact that sailors, while on shore leave, used to spend all of their money on whores and alcoholic beverages
