pink stern
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- pink-sterned adjective
Etymology
Origin of pink stern
First recorded in 1885–60
Example Sentences
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She was a new, pink stern vessel, & carried off one of our hands, who, no doubt, will acquaint you of the whole affair.
From Project Gutenberg
From the Jersey prison ship eighty of us were taken to the pink stern sloop-of-war Hunter, Captain Thomas Henderson, Commander.
From Project Gutenberg
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