harpooner
Americannoun
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Kent frames his illustration of Daggoo, the African crewman, darting a sperm whale from directly behind the harpooner, depicting him in muscular silhouette.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
Queequeg, named after both the dog on “The X-Files” and the harpooner in “Moby-Dick,” was a tiny ball of German shepherd fuzz the first time my husband and I saw him.
From Washington Post ● May 19, 2017
Scientists working at the University of British Columbia reported Friday that they had captured the first high-resolution video of this microscopic harpooner in action.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2017
Each base is related to its whirligig’s subject, such a whale bone for the harpooner, a boat propeller for the sailors and a piece of wood from a Kentucky log cabin for the Lincoln figure.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 2, 2015
The idea is, the long pulpit puts the harpooner right over the fish so he can strike down at them before they feel the boat.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
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