ocean greyhound
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The impression that the surprising presence of the ocean greyhound made upon Frederick was in a fortissimo scale.
From Atlantis by Adele Szold Seltzer
It was a perfect day at sea, and so thought the passengers on board the swift ocean greyhound that plowed its way through the quiet waters of the Pacific.
From Bert Wilson, Wireless Operator by J. W. Duffield
At this period of the slower and more cumbrous weaving of the Shuttle, the world had not yet awakened even to the possibilities of the ocean greyhound.
From The Shuttle by Frances Hodgson Burnett
"Johnson's right upper-cut is described as the piston of an ocean greyhound making twenty-seven knots," said the man, taking no notice of the answer, and speaking in awestruck tones.
From Essays in Rebellion by Henry W. Nevinson
The wind was shouting through our rigging, the Mary Rebecca was half over on her side and rushing ahead like an ocean greyhound.
From Tales of the Fish Patrol by George Varian
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