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- noun Plural form of
wherry .
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Examples
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These wherries are large vessels, with good accommodation for carrying passengers from Harwich to London; and though they are called wherries, which is a word used in the Thames for a small boat rowed with one or two men, yet these are vessels able to carry twenty passengers, and ten or fifteen tons of goods, and fitted to bear the sea.
Moll Flanders 2003
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These wherries are large vessels, with good accommodation for carrying passengers from Harwich to London; and though they are called wherries, which is a word used in the Thames for a small boat rowed with one or two men, yet these are vessels able to carry twenty passengers, and ten or fifteen tons of goods, and fitted to bear the sea.
The Fortunes And Misfortunes Of The Famous Moll Flanders Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731 1923
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These wherries are large vessels, with good accommodation for carrying passengers from Harwich to London; and though they are called wherries, which is a word used in the Thames for a small boat rowed with one or two men, yet these are vessels able to carry twenty passengers, and ten or fifteen tons of goods, and fitted to bear the sea.
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders Daniel Defoe 1696
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There was always traffic on the river, an ever-changing panorama of wherries and tilt boats, rowing barges and sailing ships.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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It had swamped several wherries, caught halfway across the river when the storm hit.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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There was always traffic on the river, an ever-changing panorama of wherries and tilt boats, rowing barges and sailing ships.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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It had swamped several wherries, caught halfway across the river when the storm hit.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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It had swamped several wherries, caught halfway across the river when the storm hit.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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It had swamped several wherries, caught halfway across the river when the storm hit.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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There was always traffic on the river, an ever-changing panorama of wherries and tilt boats, rowing barges and sailing ships.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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