cable buoy
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cable buoy
First recorded in 1760–70
Example Sentences
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We are now, at seven o’clock, getting the cable end again, with the main cable buoy close to us.”
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 by Stevenson, Robert Louis
We are now at 7 o'clock getting the cable end again, with the main cable buoy close to us.'
From Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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