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- noun Plural form of
square-rigger .
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Examples
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Then there was the boys from the oyster beds, and the oyster pirates — like French Frank and 'Scratch' Nelson and their outfits — and the crews of the old square-riggers that used to run to 'Stralia and around the Horn.
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And even though sloops were supposed to be easier to sail than multimasted vessels such as schooners and square-riggers, gargantuan sails represented weapons when they came whipping across the deck.
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Gone is the intricate rigging that gave the square-riggers their impressive look.
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The strong nautical theme--albeit racing galleys rather than square-riggers--came from my admiration for O'Brian, and the protagonist's naivety when not on his galley comes straight from Jack Aubrey.
Archive 2007-09-01 Tim Stretton 2007
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The strong nautical theme--albeit racing galleys rather than square-riggers--came from my admiration for O'Brian, and the protagonist's naivety when not on his galley comes straight from Jack Aubrey.
:Acquired Taste Tim Stretton 2007
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Fanshawe counted ninety-six craft, stretched from shore to shore: square-riggers, lateen-rigged gunboats, fast galleys.
John Paul Jones 9781451603996 2003
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For a hundred years, New Yorkers had walked on water right here, watched square-riggers slice through the whitecaps below; seen magnificent fireworks outshine, for seconds only, the dazzling city lights; walked and driven across to see the Dodgers take the field at Ebbets.
The Deed Keith Blanchard 2003
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The Turkish fleet was a kaleidoscope of sails, Western-style square-riggers and Mediterranean lateens and galleys.
John Paul Jones 9781451603996 2003
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For a hundred years, New Yorkers had walked on water right here, watched square-riggers slice through the whitecaps below; seen magnificent fireworks outshine, for seconds only, the dazzling city lights; walked and driven across to see the Dodgers take the field at Ebbets.
The Deed Keith Blanchard 2003
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The Turkish fleet was a kaleidoscope of sails, Western-style square-riggers and Mediterranean lateens and galleys.
John Paul Jones 9781451603996 2003
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