zeppelin

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The zeppelin -- this was from a brochure about the zeppelin based, obviously, on the Hindenburg.

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  1. noun A rigid airship having a long cylindrical body supported by internal gas cells.

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  • The zeppelin -- this was from a brochure about the zeppelin based, obviously, on the Hindenburg. —  Bruce McCall's faux nostalgia
  • But the zeppelin was the biggest thing that ever moved made by man. —  Bruce McCall's faux nostalgia
  • The colonel watched an anti-zeppelin artillery unit swing past complete with a makeshift searchlight made of a flashlight mounted on a roller skate. —  EQMM,January2007
  • They were using the Presidential zeppelin, a top-of-the-line luxury cruiser from Zeppelin Werk GmbH in Greater Germany, and it was appointed accordingly. —  Challenging Destiny #18
  • As the open water of Galvezton Bay began to slide past below the belly of the zeppelin, Istvan patted Algernon on the shoulder. —  Challenging Destiny #18
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  1. After Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin.
 

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