free sheet
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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His'best stunt was to run a serial or comic in the free sheet, then switch it to the paid insert.
From Time Magazine Archive
It blew now from the south-east, and the boat reached out with a free sheet.
From The Northern Iron by Birmingham, George A.
And, thinking of a free sheet, Bess gave the little sloop a foot or two more of main-sheet.
From Sonnie-Boy's People by Connolly, James B. (James Brendan)
An' yet, did ever a vessel get anywhere without a free sheet at times?
From Sonnie-Boy's People by Connolly, James B. (James Brendan)
It was quite dark, when, running in with a free sheet, we came close to a large barge rowed by six men.
From Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker by Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir)
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