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Examples
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He says the State is often described as a ship; today the ship is on the leeshore, and all hands must work at maximum speed if she is to be saved from utter wreck.
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D — me, if I had rather be beating off a leeshore in a gale, tide against me!
The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B. 1903
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'Pardon me, sir; like the -- hum -- plumb-line on a leeshore, I meant to observe.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete George Meredith 1868
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'Pardon me, sir; like the -- hum -- plumb-line on a leeshore, I meant to observe.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 2 George Meredith 1868
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'No, Richie, I do not forget that you are off a leeshore; you are mounted on a skittish racehorse, with, if you like, a New Forest fly operating within an inch of his belly-girths.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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'No, Richie, I do not forget that you are off a leeshore; you are mounted on a skittish racehorse, with, if you like, a New Forest fly operating within an inch of his belly-girths.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 6 George Meredith 1868
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'No, Richie, I do not forget that you are off a leeshore; you are mounted on a skittish racehorse, with, if you like, a New Forest fly operating within an inch of his belly-girths.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete George Meredith 1868
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'Pardon me, sir; like the -- hum -- plumb-line on a leeshore, I meant to observe.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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"Why, Jack," said David, reproachfully, "am I the man to run upon a leeshore, and such a night as this?"
Love Me Little, Love Me Long Charles Reade 1849
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The next morning being the 22. we put to sea, and about 12 of the clocke the same day, the wind being at Northeast and foule weather, the master sayd he could not ply vp to Grande Coste, because of the leeshore, and the wind against vs, and therefore asked what we should do.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. Richard Hakluyt 1584
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