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Examples
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One of the best-known wrecks on the Olympic Coast was that of the Austria, a Bath, Maine-built "downeaster" converted from a fullrigged ship to a bark to ply the West Coast trade.
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Hey Blank Kludge, greetings from a fellow downeaster!
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We heard mass, but the service was very formal, and the priest might have been a real downeaster, for he had a horrid nasal twang, and his
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Amberley was himself a tall, limp-looking downeaster, with pleasant, unsuspicious eyes, and a guileless spirit.
Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book Anna Fuller 1884
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Being a downeaster, he liked to keep on good terms with that monitor.
Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book Anna Fuller 1884
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New Hampshire is like Virginia’s CD-5 with a downeaster twang.
Waldo Jaquith - “Live free or die, what else can I say?” 2007
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