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- noun Plural form of
bowline .
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Examples
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Try to imagine "All larboard bowlines on deck!" being shouted down into the forecastle of a present day ship.
A CLASSIC OF THE SEA 2010
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So throw off the bowlines, Sail away from the safe harbor.
Lisa Lubin: Quit Your Job to Travel With Meet, Plan, Go Lisa Lubin 2011
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So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor.
the world is in the palm of our hands | Free People Clothing Boutique Blog 2010
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So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor.
the world is in the palm of our hands | Free People Clothing Boutique Blog 2010
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So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbour.
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December 31, 2005, 2: 38 am texas hold em two player remain says: texas hold em two player remain shutout. comings: bowlines amortizing fatty
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Helm a-lee; bring the main-tack aboard, haul the bowlines, hoist the top-gallants.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Ahab must have the doubloon! and with his own hands he rigged a nest of basketed bowlines; and sending a hand aloft, with a single sheaved block, to secure to the mainmast head, he received the two ends of the downwardreeved rope; and attaching one to his basket prepared, pin for the other end, in order to fasten it at the rail.
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Clear your sheets; clear your bowlines; port, port.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Clear your sheets; clear your bowlines; port, port.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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