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Examples

  • I told him that if Sea-horse sent any indecipherables I'd ask Buckmaster to break them.

    between silk and cyanide Marks, Leo 1998

  • From the moment that Passy, Brossolette and Tommy (code-name Sea-horse) landed in France they had a major PR job to do, and if ever a public figure needed one it was Tommy's idol, General 'Moi je suis la France' de Gaulle.

    between silk and cyanide Marks, Leo 1998

  • I hoped it would help Sea-horse to breathe more easily inside occupied France.

    between silk and cyanide Marks, Leo 1998

  • The "Golden Sea-horse" is mentioned as one of the Dutch ships said to have taken part in the discovery of Australia between the years 1616 and 1624.

    Adventures in Southern Seas A Tale of the Sixteenth Century George Forbes

  • I should so like to fasten it on the prow of the kayak, and name it the Sea-horse.

    Swiss Family Robinson 1882

  • In fishes, however, the male of the little Sea-horse (Hippocampus) is provided with a ventral pouch in which the eggs are sheltered, and the same class presents us with a mode of carrying the eggs still more bizarre than that of Alytes obstetricans just related.

    The Common Frog 1874

  • The _Sea-horse__ rapidly flew up into the wind, the sheets were thrown off, and the upper sails were lowered, one after the other, the job being executed slowly, as if by a weak crew.

    With Moore at Corunna 1867

  • O'Grady at once lowered a boat and was rowed to the _Sea-horse__, taking Terence with him.

    With Moore at Corunna 1867

  • A party of men were already at work nailing battens over the shattered stern of the _Sea-horse__.

    With Moore at Corunna 1867

  • Such was evidently the opinion on board the _Sea-horse__, for as the prizes came up within a hundred yards of her they were hailed by the major through a speaking-trumpet, and ordered to keep at a distance for the present, but to be in readiness to come up alongside directly orders were given to that effect.

    With Moore at Corunna 1867

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