argosy

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Through the plain, brick-pointed door opposite famed Fortnum & Mason, movers wrestled a seemingly inexhaustible argosy of odd treasures.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mr. Kobler's new "argosy of dreams" is the New York Daily Mirror.

From Time Magazine Archive

As happens to the ship which is too heavily freighted with even the best cargo, our argosy capsized.

From Time Magazine Archive

Accompanied by his wife Muriel, more than 50 reporters, staffers and Secret Service men and an argosy of silver bowls, spoons and forks to bestow on his hosts, Humphrey deplaned first at Geneva.

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Many men have written of the sailing of the first argosy of troopships from that bay; and by this time the spectacle of departing troops was an old one to the vessels there.

From The Secret Battle by Herbert, A. P.