Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The upper part or baudle of a sweep. See
sweep , 7.
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Examples
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And I caught my great, radiant vision of Mr. Pike, galley slave of the race, and a driver of men under men greater than he; the faithful henchman, the able sailorman, battered and grizzled, branded and galled, the servant of the sweep-head that made mastery of the sea.
CHAPTER XXXV 2010
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The servants of the sweep-head, but the masters of the sea! '
CHAPTER 8 2010
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A few strokes of his sword cut her adrift, and he went to the sweep-head.
The Coming of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003
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A few strokes of his sword cut her adrift, and he went to the sweep-head.
The Coming Of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003
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A few strokes of his sword cut her adrift, and he went to the sweep-head.
The Conan Chronicles Howard, Robert E. 1989
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A few strokes of his sword cut her adrift, and he went to the sweep-head.
Conan of Cimmeria Howard, Robert E. 1969
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And I caught my great, radiant vision of Mr. Pike, galley slave of the race, and a driver of men under men greater than he; the faithful henchman, the able sailorman, battered and grizzled, branded and galled, the servant of the sweep-head that made mastery of the sea.
Chapter 35 1914
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And I caught my great, radiant vision of Mr. Pike, galley slave of the race, and a driver of men under men greater than he; the faithful henchman, the able sailorman, battered and grizzled, branded and galled, the servant of the sweep-head that made mastery of the sea.
The Mutiny of the Elsinore Jack London 1896
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The servants of the sweep-head, but the masters of the sea! '"
A Daughter of the Snows Jack London 1896
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