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- noun Plural form of
cargo . - noun Plural form of
cargoe .
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Examples
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I ran in cargoes of kinky-heads from Malaita, which is in the Solomons, till I had twelve hundred of the blackbirds putting in cane.
THE PRINCESS 2010
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Also the dollars with which they annually purchased cargoes from the Chinese for the galleons came from Mexico.
The Philippine Islands John Foreman
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Why shouldn't we be bringing back the cargoes from the Orient?
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I ran in cargoes of kinky-heads from Malaita, which is in the Solomons, till I had twelve hundred of the blackbirds putting in cane.
The Princess 1918
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We certainly extended the theory of the continuous voyage and we seized certain cargoes from British vessels which were well outside of our coast line.
The Relation of the United States to the Issues of the War 1916
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Tavora minimizes the possible danger to these cargoes from the Dutch enemy at Singapore, and asks that he be allowed to send cloves thus to India, at such times as he can collect a sufficient quantity for this purpose; and that in this matter the treasury officials be not allowed to interfere.
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General suggestions are being put forward to send from New York voluntary contributions, in cargoes of grain, for the relief of distress in Lancashire.
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The underwriters of London and Liverpool have raised their rate 1 per cent on cargoes from the southern ports of the United
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Such was the cost, locals dubbed the cargoes "white gold".
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"The cargoes are my wedding gifts and dowry, so to speak, only because she fears us."
The Towers of the Sunset Modesitt, L. E. 1992
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