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argosy

American  
[ahr-guh-see] / ˈɑr gə si /

noun

plural

argosies

  1. a large merchant ship, especially one with a rich cargo.

  2. a fleet of such ships.

  3. an opulent supply.

argosy British  
/ ˈɑːɡəsɪ /

noun

  1. archaic a large abundantly laden merchant ship, or a fleet of such ships

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Etymology

Origin of argosy

1570–80; earlier ragusy < Italian ( nave ) ragusea (ship) of Ragusa

Example Sentences

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Through the plain, brick-pointed door opposite famed Fortnum & Mason, movers wrestled a seemingly inexhaustible argosy of odd treasures.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mr. Kobler's new "argosy of dreams" is the New York Daily Mirror.

From Time Magazine Archive

With this statement I climb down the pilot's ladder to an argosy of dreams.

From Time Magazine Archive

As happens to the ship which is too heavily freighted with even the best cargo, our argosy capsized.

From Time Magazine Archive

Schimmer, professional suffragist-pacificist, who had persuaded him to launch his argosy.

From Anti-Suffrage Essays by Various

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