argosy
noun
a large merchant ship, especially one with a rich cargo.
argosies
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pluralof argosy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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It opens up vistas of salvaging sunken Spanish argosies with their almost legendary treasures.
From Time Magazine Archive
Saw the heavens fill with commerce, argosies of magic sails .
From Time Magazine Archive
For years now, those "argosies of magic sails" have been gliding in and out of airports as if flight were as natural to man as walking.
From Time Magazine Archive
Milo’s argosies of plenty now filled the air.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
The two huge feeders of it—with what argosies they teemed!
From The Spanish Jade by William Henry Hyde
