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- noun Plural form of
top-block .
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Examples
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Teeth he accounted bits of ivory; heads he deemed but top-blocks; men themselves he lightly held for capstans.
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Teeth he accounted bits of ivory; heads he deemed but top-blocks; men themselves he lightly held for capstans.
Moby Dick, or, the whale Herman Melville 1855
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Teeth he accounted bits of ivory; heads he deemed but top-blocks; men themselves he lightly held for capstans.
Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Herman Melville 1855
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Teeth he accounted bits of ivory; heads he deemed but top-blocks; men themselves he lightly held for capstans.
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