slipper chair
Americannoun
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Mary Ann Patten is 19—petite, pretty and pregnant—when her husband, the captain of Neptune’s Car, the clipper ship she’s on, is struck down by disease and delirium from the tuberculosis that will ultimately kill him.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025
The process that led to David becoming a Wrexham fan began in 1865, a year after the club was formed, when 153 Welsh pioneers set off for South America on a clipper ship called Mimosa.
From BBC • May 20, 2023
One of the earliest was the three-masted clipper ship St. Paul, retrofitted as a floating museum with four saltwater fish tanks.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 28, 2022
I take Alonzo’s side here; if you’re going to call your team the Clippers, then a real clipper ship captain mascot would cut a fine figure courtside.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2022
Far out on the horizon, a clipper ship skated the ocean, its high sail unfurled.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
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