tide-rip
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The waves thundered against the little old cutter, and we had a nasty tide-rip.
From Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific by Speiser, Felix
Through Charing Cross roared a tide-rip of motor-busses and hackney carriages.
From The Black Bag by Vance, Louis Joseph
Plunging our paddles into the water, we sent our bamboo craft along till we were in absolute safety as far as the tide-rip was concerned.
From Yorke The Adventurer by Becke, Louis
How do these thin skin boats escape wreckage on a sea where tide-rip washes over the reefs all summer and ice hummocks sweep out from the shore in winter tempest?
From Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)
A week later, after an uneventful voyage across a sea of glass, The Bedford Castle made up through a swirling tide-rip and into the fog- bound harbor of Unalaska.
From The Silver Horde by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
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