motorship
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of motorship
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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The Hans Hedtoft, a diesel-powered motorship, went down the ways of Denmark's Frederikshavn shipyard last August, small but sturdy and trim.
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Out of the Atlantic's grey mists one overcast afternoon last week emerged a snug, grey-hulled motorship with red, white and blue striping on her two buff funnels, gay bunting flapping from her halyards.
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"Christian General," as he was sailing back to China "to help overthrow" Chiang Kaishek; in a fire aboard the Russian motorship Pobeda, in the Black Sea.
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At the Cornwall Canal, pickets hurled mud and clayballs at protecting "Mounties," as the motorship Redwood entered the lowest lock.
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Six days later, the Norwegian motorship Caribe sighted the lone lifeboat off the coast of Nicaragua.
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