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- noun Plural form of
whaleboat .
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Examples
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The hull was crippled and the ship quickly sank; all hands managed to escape on their large whaleboats.
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Kellar shook last farewells and scrambled down the gang-plank to their waiting whaleboats.
CHAPTER XXIV 2010
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The big plantation bell was ringing wildly as the German Resident ran down the beach, and he could see whaleboats hastily putting off from the schooner.
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You can tow across the lagoon with your whaleboats.
THE PEARLS OF PARLAY 2010
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Nothing of this was missed by Dag Daughtry, who knew a dog when he saw one, as he studied Michael in the light of the lanterns held by black boys where the whaleboats were landing cargo.
CHAPTER 1 2010
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He was in the main cabin, checking off the list of goods being landed in the whaleboats, when Koho limped down the companionway and took a seat opposite him at the table.
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Horn and pamperos off the Plate, lower topsail breezes, southerly busters, North Pacific gales, and of smashed whaleboats in the
Chapter 6 2010
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The anchor was broken out to a song of farewell from Lilolilo's singing boys on the quarterdeck, while we, in the big canoes and whaleboats, saw the first breeze fill the vessel's sails and the distance begin to widen.
ON THE MAKALOA MAT 2010
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With the two whaleboats out and towing, and with Carlsen heaving the lead, the
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Eight of the original 20 crew members braved more than 90 days at sea in smaller whaleboats, but not before eating the bodies of their dead shipmates.
The Defiant Ones Steve Oney 2010
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