farer
Americannoun
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farers
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My farer, he has very large estates in ze Havana.
From The Von Toodleburgs Or, The History of a Very Distinguished Family by A. R. Waud
“Well, I did saw the ship go farer an’ farer away, an’ vanish,” admitted Sall; “but he didn’t go into a hole that time.”
From The Lonely Island The Refuge of the Mutineers by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
Their lodge-board was ever ready for the way farer.
From An Address, Delivered Before the Was-ah Ho-de-no-son-ne or New Confederacy of the Iroquois Also, Genundewah, a Poem by William H. C. (William Howe Cuyler) Hosmer
“And now for home,” cried a valorous sea farer, after a party had returned with a portion of the buried treasure, which was divided equally between the French and the English.
From Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure by Charles Haven Ladd Johnston
"Son, come within," said she, "and you may bring your fellow farer with you."
From The Children of Odin The Book of Northern Myths by Willy Pogany
The centuries-old songs were traditionally sung by sea farers around the work, but after a few requests to Nathan's social media accounts and other landlubbers duetting, the craze grew.
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2021
A healthy diet is even more crucial for space farers than it is here on the surface, because spending time in space makes your body start to lose bone and muscle mass.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 2, 2018
Two or three solitary farers that he met gave him eager good day.
From Foes by Mary Johnston
You made us farers And equal sharers With homespun wearers In home-made joys; You made us princes No plea convinces That spirit winces At dust and noise.
From More Songs From Vagabondia by Bliss Carman
The spruit was here throttled between banks of worn stone, and the water roared over the drift at a depth that made it impassible to foot- farers.
From Vrouw Grobelaar and Her Leading Cases Seventeen Short Stories by Perceval Gibbon
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