Definitions
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- n. Plural form of seaplane.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Fifthly, come the seaplanes, that is, aircraft which can light on the water as well as fly.
Flag and Fleet How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas
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I'd rather be out here and be free" she says as music from some Jewel-esque singer -- who is probably not singing about repealing the 17th Amendment but you can't really tell because Palin is too busy calling seaplanes "flippin' awesome" -- plays in the background.
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I'd rather be out here and be free "she says as music from some Jewel-esque singer -- who is probably not singing about repealing the 17th Amendment but you can't really tell because Palin is too busy calling seaplanes" flippin 'awesome "-- plays in the background.
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He pressed FDR for the military hardware, for which Churchill was desperate: seaplanes, bombers, the Sperry bombsight for British warplanes, and above all the destroyers.
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Grandpa was, I think, particularly interested in the seaplanes.
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In the 1930s, Port Washington was a base for some of Pan American Airways' earliest overseas flights using seaplanes.
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That probably sounds a bit obsessive, but my interests and enthusiasms have a tendency to latch on to some subject or another with great gusto, and it colors whatever I do, so I wanted to retain a purity of focus that I knew would be lost were I to suddenly get very enthusiastic about, say, seaplanes or mummies.
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Several other operators of old Twin Otters have ordered new ones, including rival airlines in the Maldives that use them as seaplanes for tourists.
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Fishing boats nuzzled at the docks, and seaplanes buzzed overhead like dragonflies—bright-colored, glinting in the sun.
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He piloted seaplanes on anti-submarine patrols and commanded patrol squadrons.
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