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The men have been talking about her and, many of them, favour not the trouble of marooning those on board of her.

Now it lay astern, and Moran could see the planet that had been chosen for his marooning.

It was by my instructions that Goff didn't appear in the marooning mix-up.

But, not fancying a marooning in Vera Cruz, we decided "If it were done, 'twere well 'twere done quickly."

Ducking from the bowsprit end, towing in a rope astern, and marooning, were also practised as punishments for the pilferer.

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

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