merchantman
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The merchantman was burning in several places, settling fast.
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As no U. S. warship big enough to carry the work of art to the U. S. was handy, the Government chartered the merchantman Sea for $6,300.
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In Britain last week shipyard workers were outfitting the 47,750-ton Spyros Niarchos, the world's biggest tanker and fourth biggest merchantman ever launched in the British Isles.
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The world's first nuclear-powered merchantman cost the Government $82 million to build and up to $2,700,000 a year in subsidies to keep afloat.
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And one thing is certain, we can't disguise her to look like a merchantman.
From A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
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