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flying light

adjective as in famished

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I've never cared for a lot of dunnage; I believed in going about flying light when I was at sea.

By the flying light of the lanterns Helwyse caught glimpses of the sails and tall masts of a schooner.

Because we know that he always went flying light in the matter of baggage.

And she disappeared, flying light as a bird, and leaving the two men face to face.

We were flying light, and you may imagine how bad it was when I tell you we had smashed bulwarks and a flooded deck.

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On this page you'll find 93 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to flying light, such as: empty, hollow, hungering, ravening, starved, and could eat a horse.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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