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- noun Plural form of
whaleman .
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Examples
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And on the shores of the frozen sea he chases the whalemen from the Eskimo villages even to their ships which lie far out from the coast, locked in the grip of the ice-pack.
The Gun-Brand 1921
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A huge man of apparently prodigious strength, Chaseland also survived several shipwrecks at the hands of thrashing whales, on one occasion swimming six miles through freezing waters that killed his fellow whalemen.
Peter McAllister: Manthropology: The Science Of The Inadequate Modern Male Peter McAllister 2011
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Beyond doubt these seas were frequented by whalemen, and, so long as I kept up a stout heart, sooner or later I should be saved.
Chapter 19 2010
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They weren't much surprised at seeing us -- because of the whalemen -- and gave us the meanest shack in the village to live in, and the worst of their leavings to live on.
A HYPERBOREAN BREW 2010
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Beyond doubt these seas were frequented by whalemen, and, so long as I kept up a stout heart, sooner or later I should be saved.
Chapter 19 2010
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A huge man of apparently prodigious strength, Chaseland also survived several shipwrecks at the hands of thrashing whales, on one occasion swimming six miles through freezing waters that killed his fellow whalemen.
Peter McAllister: Manthropology: The Science Of The Inadequate Modern Male Peter McAllister 2011
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Falling whale parts threatened to kill them at any time, as they did the whalemen with whom the scientists worked side by side; every so often, a gassy carcass would explode or violently expel an automobile-size fetus.
The Cetacean Century Jennie Erin Smith 2012
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A huge man of apparently prodigious strength, Chaseland also survived several shipwrecks at the hands of thrashing whales, on one occasion swimming six miles through freezing waters that killed his fellow whalemen.
Peter McAllister: Manthropology: The Science Of The Inadequate Modern Male Peter McAllister 2011
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The crew of the Essex were whalemen simply trying to make a living when they were attacked by an 85-foot whale.
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A huge man of apparently prodigious strength, Chaseland also survived several shipwrecks at the hands of thrashing whales, on one occasion swimming six miles through freezing waters that killed his fellow whalemen.
Peter McAllister: Manthropology: The Science Of The Inadequate Modern Male Peter McAllister 2011
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