torpedo-boat destroyer
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of torpedo-boat destroyer
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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The most durable type of vessel to emerge in direct response to torpedo development was the torpedo-boat destroyer, better known as simply the destroyer, which began to appear in the early 1890s.
From Salon ● Jan. 26, 2014
The torpedo-boat destroyer Warrington and the revenue cutter Androscoggin arrived at Bar Harbor on August 6th, to enforce neutrality regulations and allowed no foreign ships to leave Frenchman's Bay without clearance papers.
From History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War by March, Francis Andrew
The first sound I heard was a hail from a torpedo-boat destroyer, which sent an officer aboard to lay our course for us through the British mine fields.
From A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium by Gibson, Hugh
That'll be about enough battleships; but it wouldn't hurt to have a couple of cruisers and a torpedo-boat destroyer, too.
From Roads of Destiny by Henry, O.
It was said to be a "torpedo-boat destroyer," and was constructed out of the hull of an old tin boat.
From Under Padlock and Seal by Avery, Charles Harold
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