Caribbees
Britishplural noun
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He was the rebel son of a prosperous English cotton-broker father, and he shipped to the Far East as a deck hand at 17 after reading O'Neill's Moon of the Caribbees.
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The Moon of the Caribbees and some of his worst, e.g.,
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Scholars will remember them mainly as sea sketches, with The Moon of the Caribbees the major representative.
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But the Caribbees were settled for profit, first and foremost.
From Caribbee by Thomas Hoover
According to the first steps of Cromwell's plan, after this centerpiece of the Caribbees had been subdued, part of the fleet was to continue on to any other of the settlements that remained defiant.
From Caribbee by Thomas Hoover
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