reship
Americanverb (used without object)
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to go on a ship again.
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(of a member of a ship's crew) to sign up for another voyage.
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The Indeed website warns: “During the holiday season, scammers might also seek gift wrappers. In this variation of the reshipping scam, you’d receive a package at your home, gift wrap it and then reship it.”
From Seattle Times • Dec. 9, 2021
It ricocheted, producing so many Amazon orders that Hyperion had to reship hardcovers.
From New York Times • Jul. 9, 2010
I had taken passage on one of the regular steamers from Manila to Hong Kong, and was to reship from there.
From Anting-Anting Stories And other Strange Tales of the Filipinos by Kayme, Sargent
He was ordered to reship the pontoon-boats, destroy trestlings, flat-boats, the railroad bridge, and march in advance of the cavalry.
From From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America by Longstreet, James
It was considered an advantage to reship cotton because moving it from one boat to another knocked the mud off the bales.
From American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' by Morgan, Wallace
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