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  • noun Alternative spelling of ocean liner.

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Examples

  • Every time I hear or read about QE, my association is with the Queen Elizabeth oceanliner, which plowed the Atlantic in majestic splendor.

    Economic Consequences Of Stealth Dollar Devaluation Martin T. Sosnoff 2010

  • He also had a few high-profile items, such as the halftrack personnel carrier Lee Marvin drove in the movie "The Dirty Dozen" and one of the screws from the oceanliner Lusitania.

    For Big Collector of Tanks, Panzer Was Last Hurrah 2009

  • It's like a great, big, f'ing, oceanliner trying to change course.

    Breaking: Howard Dean To Stay As Chair Of The DNC 2009

  • Passengers sailing between Le Havre and New York Harbor on that oceanliner were treated to the best of Parisian style, food and refinement.

    A Cross-Cultural Pas de Deux 2008

  • A massive oceanliner, broken up and sunk by a man whacked out of his mind on Zoloft, unable to see it sinking as it is swallowed by the waves…

    Firedoglake » No Room for Errors 2006

  • DOBBS: Just within the past hour, the oceanliner Orient Queen has arrived in Laranca, Cyprus from Beirut.

    CNN Transcript Jul 19, 2006 2006

  • And if you have heard of St Nazaire, chances are that it's because there was a fearful accident there last November when a gangplank leading onto the new oceanliner Queen Mary II which was being built there collapsed and 15 people were killed falling onto the dry dock.

    My favourite festival Jessica 2004

  • And if you have heard of St Nazaire, chances are that it's because there was a fearful accident there last November when a gangplank leading onto the new oceanliner Queen Mary II which was being built there collapsed and 15 people were killed falling onto the dry dock.

    Archive 2004-04-01 Jessica 2004

  • But the problem was, you can't turn that oceanliner around in that port in two months.

    CNN Transcript Mar 13, 2002 2002

  • This summer, for the first time, the salvage operation announced its intention to enter the cargo hold of the sunken oceanliner to retrieve objects.

    Diving for Diamonds 2000

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