Manxman
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Manxmen
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Back-up freight vessel MV Arrow is also set to return to the island while the Manxman is out of action.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Mr Cavendish, the Manxman who jointly holds the record for most stage wins in the Tour de France, was recovering from broken ribs sustained in a cycling crash at the time of the incident.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2023
The Manxman accordingly stays in the race until Paris, with two chances remaining to break Eddy Merckx’s all-time record of 34 Tour de France stage wins.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 16, 2021
The Manxman, 31, is expected to ride in the Rio omnium - a collection of six cycling events designed to establish an all-round champion.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2016
A thousand years ago the Norsemen established a form of government on the island, and every fifth of July the Manxman has his open-air Parliament for the promulgation of laws.
From Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers by Various
Manxman Crookall and his lieutenant, Manxman Richard Cain, wished to induce the government of the U. S. to make a special proviso in its immigration quota for incoming Manxmen.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cleveland Manxmen to the number of 600 attended, World Manxmen to the number of 400, and Manxmen direct from Man to the number of 26.
From Time Magazine Archive
The visiting Manxmen were impressed by the size of the U. S., though not by its climate nor its political excitements.
From Time Magazine Archive
They are not even hybrids between cats and rabbits, as some Manxmen believe.
From Time Magazine Archive
Surely what is done by the Manxmen, the Cornishmen, and the Cockenziemen, might be done by the Irishmen.
From Men of Invention and Industry by Samuel Smiles
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