Definitions
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- noun A person who engages in
salvage work
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- noun someone who salvages
Etymologies
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Examples
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Odyssey returns to the U.S. appeals court in May, Gordon said, to fight a Spanish government claim for about $500 million in coins the salvager found and hauled from the bottom of the Atlantic off Portugal in 2007.
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A sci-fi story about two salvager brothers who become involved in a battle to save the future.
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Not to mention the fact that he was a professional salvager.
The Black Madonna Davis Bunn 2010
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Part of what made him a good salvager was loving the tales attached to the prizes, like the nine-tenths of an iceberg that remained hidden from almost everyone else.
Gold of Kings Davis Bunn 2009
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Part of what made him a good salvager was loving the tales attached to the prizes, like the nine-tenths of an iceberg that remained hidden from almost everyone else.
Gold of Kings Davis Bunn 2009
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In the novel, McGee, a trusty and attractive 6′ 4″ bachelor, faces anxiety and financial woes and works as a “salvager” in Fort Lauderdale, collecting monies and property for his clients.
Leonardo DiCaprio to Star in The Deep Blue Goodbye | /Film 2009
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Part of what made him a good salvager was loving the tales attached to the prizes, like the nine-tenths of an iceberg that remained hidden from almost everyone else.
Gold of Kings Davis Bunn 2009
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One of Odyssey's arguments is that Spain had abandoned the shipwreck site — a justification that another salvager, Mel Fisher, used successfully to lay claim to a pair of Spanish ships sunk off the coast of Florida.
Archive 2008-05-01 Jan 2008
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Odyssey, on the other hand, argued that as salvager it had the right to a significant percentage of the reclaimed booty regardless of the ship's origins.
Archive 2008-05-01 Jan 2008
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One of Odyssey's arguments is that Spain had abandoned the shipwreck site — a justification that another salvager, Mel Fisher, used successfully to lay claim to a pair of Spanish ships sunk off the coast of Florida.
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