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Examples
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“Spanish ship off the port bow!” yells the crowsnest.
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“Correction, FIVE Spanish Ships off the port bow” yells the crowsnest.
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We outran the bad weather before we crossed the line and then the lookout went to the masthead and from that time on, as long as I was with the Scarboro, the crowsnest was never empty by day.
Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers W. Bertram Foster
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It began much as other busy days had begun for us of the Scarboro, since we got upon the whaling grounds; the fires under the trying-out kettles were scarcely quenched when, just at daybreak, came the hail of the man in the crowsnest:
Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers W. Bertram Foster
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The man in the crowsnest suddenly hailed the deck, when Mr. Gibson was in charge:
Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers W. Bertram Foster
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I saw that she was a bark; then I saw that her crowsnest was occupied by a lookout.
Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers W. Bertram Foster
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Only one manner of craft would have a man in the crowsnest on a clear day like this.
Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers W. Bertram Foster
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We here devs have gone a fastin 'on the wenches and hard liquors of late - and are proud to announce from the tip o' every crowsnest ...
2404 - PC Gaming 2009
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We here devs have gone a fastin 'on the wenches and hard liquors of late - and are proud to announce from the tip o' every crowsnest ...
2404 - PC Gaming 2009
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We here devs have gone a fastin 'on the wenches and hard liquors of late - and are proud to announce from the tip o' every crowsnest ...
2404 - PC Gaming 2009
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