argosies

• The loss of one of his argosies, uninsured, could not have filled him with more blank dismay. —  Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3)
• He threaded the drain, encountered the long fleet of little rubber argosies, and finally brought up at London Bill's tunnel, and never an interrogation. —  The President A novel
• Besides all this, her ladyship, having a few spare thousands, had taken of late years to dabbling in scrip and shares in a small way, and under the skilful pilotage of Mr. Madgin had hitherto contrived to steer clear of those rocks and shoals of speculation on which so many gallant argosies are wrecked. —  The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 5, May, 1891
• Flying-fish, pursued by their enemy the bonito (mackerel), rose from the water in rainbow argosies, and fell sometimes inside the caravels. —  Days of the Discoverers
• The very dump-carts came and went like perpetual argosies, bringing riches--discarded furniture and cast-off clothing--to their very door In merciful defiance of those hidden perils that lurk where sanitation and hygiene are unpractised sciences, Joe's numerous family throve and multiplied. —  The Just and the Unjust

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