whaleman
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whalemen
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“It’s wishful thinking, a whaleman imagining that he’d captured whales on that particular day,” Mr. Dyer said.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2016
The concept of a Quaker whaleman — that’s it, baby.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 13, 2015
All were accounted for except for one, a young whaleman by the name of James Bartley.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2012
At dawn, when the sparkling black whale dove back into the sea, the whaleman released his harpoons.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
I thought for a moment if an old whaleman dared venture on school-teaching, but I thought, maybe, that was a leetle too strong.
From Two Years in Oregon by Nash, Wallis
At the end of the novel, all the whalemen except Ishmael sink to rise no more.
From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2021
After compiling all references in “Remarks” to whalemen “killed by whale,” I took steps to discover if the killing was by swallowing.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2012
In my initial foray into books about the dangers of the Yankee Whale Fishery, I found a pretty standard account of whalemen entering a whale’s mouth and then quickly being spit out.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2012
For the whalemen and the owners of the destroyed ships, the consequences were tragic.
From Time Magazine Archive
The James Caird was brought on board as well, and the whalemen treated the boat like a priceless object.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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