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On a trireme, the oar pivoted on an upright, wooden peg called a tholepin.
The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004
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On a trireme, the oar pivoted on an upright, wooden peg called a tholepin.
The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004
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The oarloop held the oar tightly against the tholepin.
The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004
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The oarloop held the oar tightly against the tholepin.
The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004
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But for answer he merely stared at her, and a moment later his starboard oar snapped its tholepin like a carrot, and hurled him back over his thwart as the boat ran alongside the _Albemarle's_ ladder.
Hetty Wesley Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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I can step into the boat now, but when you have sixteen stone to drop on the top of a tholepin, I assure you it makes you cautious.
A Dream of the North Sea James Runciman 1871
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