top-hamper
- a variation of tophamper.
Example Sentences
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Too much top-hamper, don’t you know—capsize the ship.
From The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley by Mitford, Bertram
The frigates, with all their loose spars and top-hamper taken down, were to be anchored at the entrances of the principal harbors of the country, and operated as stationary batteries.
From The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 by Abbot, Willis J. (Willis John)
“Ay,” observed another, “and she’s got little hold o’ the water, good ground-tackle, and no top-hamper; she’ll weather anything, sir.”
From The Lighthouse by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
Already the Hammerer's top-hamper was little more than a tangled skein of steel.
From The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
Ah, Charlie! your scheme, I am afraid, is all top-hamper, and no ballast; wont the enemy give chase?
From An Old Sailor's Yarns by Ames, N. (Nathaniel)
