dory
1a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.
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How to use dory in a sentence
Talking of tactics, there is an ongoing debate in the academic circles regarding how the hoplites used their main offensive weapon – the spear or dory.
Hoplite: The Remarkable Citizen-Soldier of Ancient Greece | Dattatreya Mandal | August 2, 2022 | Realm of HistoryBy Monday morning, at least according to Wizards General Manager Tommy Sheppard, all was hunky dory between Washington and its five-time all-star.
Wizards GM Tommy Sheppard says there are no plans to trade John Wall | Ava Wallace | November 24, 2020 | Washington PostThe NCAA even got in on the act, and—quelle surprise—also determined that everything was hunky-dory.
Sham Classes and Crime Coverups Are the NCAA Normal | Robert Silverman | June 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe message: Not even dory from Finding Nemo will distract us from the task at hand: finding a star.
So all is now hunky-dory between London and Tripoli now the bomber is back in the bosom of his family.
Then she rallied and, like Jake, was ready to do battle with any one who hunched their shoulders at Miss dory.
The Cromptons | Mary J. HolmesCuss him to-night, ef he's alive; an' ef his bed is soff' as wool, doan let him sleep for thinkin' of Miss dory.
The Cromptons | Mary J. HolmesMiss dory never tole nothin'; she was silent as de grave about—him—de fader of de lill chile, I mean.
The Cromptons | Mary J. HolmesMiss dory would say so, but, Mas'r Crompton, you'll fotch her back sometime to de ole place.
The Cromptons | Mary J. Holmes"I'se 'most as ole as Miss dory when lill chile was born," was the reply, which silenced the Colonel with regard to her age.
The Cromptons | Mary J. Holmes
British Dictionary definitions for dory (1 of 2)
/ (ˈdɔːrɪ) /
any spiny-finned marine teleost food fish of the family Zeidae, esp the John Dory, having a deep compressed body
another name for walleye (def. 5), walleye (def. 6)
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1British Dictionary definitions for dory (2 of 2)
/ (ˈdɔːrɪ) /
US and Canadian a flat-bottomed rowing boat with a high bow, stern, and sides
Origin of dory
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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