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- noun Plural form of
whitecap .
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Examples
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On the black water, the snowy bow wake of the Farley and the ripped combers of the whitecaps were a relief to the eye.
The Whale Warriors Peter Heller 2007
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On the black water, the snowy bow wake of the Farley and the ripped combers of the whitecaps were a relief to the eye.
The Whale Warriors Peter Heller 2007
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And I told 'em how he went down in the 'Fly Away', and how the lovely ladies -- you remember how we used to call the whitecaps lovely ladies -- fondled him out to sea and on to heaven. "
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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Away ', and how the lovely ladies -- you remember how we used to call the whitecaps lovely ladies -- fondled him out to sea and on to heaven. "
Mrs. Falchion, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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And I told 'em how he went down in the 'Fly Away', and how the lovely ladies -- you remember how we used to call the whitecaps lovely ladies -- fondled him out to sea and on to heaven. "
Mrs. Falchion, Volume 2. Gilbert Parker 1897
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Arriving on the island, Andy leads us up to a vantage point where we are greeted by cracking views from the cliffs – out over a deep blue sea, where whitecaps flash like smiles in the distance.
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I was beaten and buffeted, smashed under by the great San Pablo whitecaps, and strangled by the hollow tide-rip waves which flung themselves into my eyes, nose, and mouth.
DEMETRIOS CONTOS 2010
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There was a dark figure standing at the prow, hands extended in heartsick longing toward the crashing whitecaps.
Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011
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Anyplace but here, this fragile little tube, reaching and screaming over the whitecaps like a proud, dying thing, trying to leap over one last wave and reach land, any land.
Confetti Love Brett Rosenblatt 2011
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The whitecaps glistened in the afternoon sunshine.
Olivia V.C.Andrews 2011
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