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wandering-sailor

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The moneywort, Lysimachia Nummularia, and the Kenilworth ivy or wandering Jew, Linaria Cym balaria, from their creeping habit.

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Examples

  • "As I Roved Out", with its wandering-sailor narrator, touches on themes that English, Irish, and Appalachian songwriters have drawn on for centuries.

    The Georgia Straight - News And Views 2009

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