Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The industry of taking whales; whaling.
- noun An establishment for carrying on whale-fishery or any of its branches.
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Examples
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‘I have estates, ma’am,’ said the old gentleman, flourishing his right hand negligently, as if he made very light of such matters, and speaking very fast; ‘jewels, lighthouses, fish – ponds, a whalery of my own in the North Sea, and several oyster – beds of great profit in the Pacific Ocean.
Nicholas Nickleby 2007
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'I have estates, ma'am,' said the old gentleman, flourishing his right hand negligently, as if he made very light of such matters, and speaking very fast; 'jewels, lighthouses, fish-ponds, a whalery of my own in the
Nicholas Nickleby Charles Dickens 1841
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