tide-rip
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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You have never been so far with the sloop unless Jake was with you; and isn't there a nasty tide-rip somewhere?
From The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound by Bindloss, Harold
We had drifted into a tide-rip about five miles east of Avalon, and in this rough water I had a terrible time trying to hold my fish.
From Tales of Fishes by Grey, Zane
Meantime, one moment turning to mark "Rover" fighting the tide-rip, and the next to see Don Benito approaching, he continued walking the poop.
From The Piazza Tales by Melville, Herman
No crossing the tide-rip in a sea like that.
From Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore by Livingston, Arthur
And where such immense bodies of water, flowing swiftly, clashed together, a terrible tide-rip was produced.
From Tales of the Fish Patrol by Varian, George
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