hermaphrodite brig
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of hermaphrodite brig
First recorded in 1830–40
Example Sentences
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The vessel in sight was a large hermaphrodite brig, of a Dutch build, and painted black, with a tawdry gilt figure-head.
From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 3 by Poe, Edgar Allan
This day sailed the Mexican hermaphrodite brig Fazio, for San Blas and Mazatlan.
From Two Years Before the Mast by Dana, Richard Henry
We now ranged up alongside of the other, which proved to be the hermaphrodite brig, Kate Cory, of Westport.
From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Semmes, Raphael
She was a long, low, black hermaphrodite brig, with tall, raking masts, and a row of ports, evidently intended for use rather than ornament.
From Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale by Sleeper, John Sherburne
Coming round Santa Buenaventura, and nearing the anchorage, we saw two vessels in port, a large full-rigged, and a small, hermaphrodite brig.
From Two Years Before the Mast by Dana, Richard Henry
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