ocean greyhound
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Globe-girdler Bly, bloomered and veiled, sailed from Hoboken, N. J. on a bow-spritted ocean greyhound, completed her stint in 72� days.
From Time Magazine Archive
At last, after æons of suffering which reminded him of nothing so much as his initiation into the college fraternity, he felt himself being dragged up the side of the great ocean greyhound.
From The Ghost Breaker A Novel Based Upon the Play by Goddard, Charles
Think of that, you who disdain to cross the water in anything but an ocean greyhound!
From Le Petit Nord or, Annals of a Labrador Harbour by Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, Sir
The impression that the surprising presence of the ocean greyhound made upon Frederick was in a fortissimo scale.
From Atlantis by Seltzer, Adele Szold
A "cablegram," or even an ocean greyhound, could have saved the lives of many brave men.
From Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools by Blaisdell, Albert F.
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