Sentence example with the word 'cockleshell'

cockleshell

Definition n. a small light flimsy boat

Last update: September 9, 2015


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Her crew then lowered a little cockleshell of a dinghy, which she carried inboard, and a tanned, red-bearded man pulled straight for the Commodore's galley.   [Please select]

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The hands of the great waters grasped the frail cockleshell, twisted it about, tossed it, played with it, and claimed it irrevocably for their own.   [Please select]

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Meanwhile Nigel and Kathy, with sketch-books under their arms, went down to where the clear waters of the lagoon rippled on the white sand, and, launching a cockleshell of a boat, rowed out toward the islets.   [Please select]

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But it was soon found that, as the cockleshell had no rudder, and the intricacies they had to wind among were numerous, frequent directions and corrections were called for from the girl.   [Please select]

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"But I have got a few without the husks in the boat," said the girl, rising and running to the place where the cockleshell had been left.   [Please select]

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Before long he embarked in the same little cockleshell of a boat he had had in Egypt, sailed round the beard of the English, set foot in France, and France acclaimed him.   [Please select]

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It became so rough and difficult to stand on deck, on account of the vessel being tossed about like a cockleshell, that Harry felt constrained to go below.   [Please select]

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Although the raft was tossed about like a cockleshell, it went through without injury, and none of the goods were displaced or harmed.   [Please select]

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