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- noun Plural form of
harpooneer .
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Examples
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To be short, among whalemen, the harpooneers are the holders, so called.
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To be short, among whalemen, the harpooneers are the holders, so called.
Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Herman Melville 1855
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To be short, among whalemen, the harpooneers are the holders, so called.
Moby Dick, or, the whale Herman Melville 1855
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To be short, among whalemen, the harpooneers are the holders, so called.
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Like dislodged trucks, the heads of the harpooneers aloft shook on their bull-like necks.
KN | Kitsune Noir » KN/PC Presents: Inside Look at Mark Weaver 2009
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The Pequod was a true meritocracy where the aristocrats of the crew, with the largest shares in the profits, were the three harpooneers—an African, a Native American, and a tattooed South Sea Islander.
The Whale Warriors Peter Heller 2007
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He had been harassed for days by Greenpeace; their Zodiacs swarmed his killer boats, his harpooneers had shot whales right over their heads.
The Whale Warriors Peter Heller 2007
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The Pequod was a true meritocracy where the aristocrats of the crew, with the largest shares in the profits, were the three harpooneers—an African, a Native American, and a tattooed South Sea Islander.
The Whale Warriors Peter Heller 2007
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He had been harassed for days by Greenpeace; their Zodiacs swarmed his killer boats, his harpooneers had shot whales right over their heads.
The Whale Warriors Peter Heller 2007
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One of the attending harpooneers now advances with a long, keen weapon called a boarding-sword, and watching his chance he dexterously slices out a considerable hole in the lower part of the swaying mass.
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