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argosy

[ahr-guh-see] / ˈɑr gə si /


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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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.

From Time Magazine Archive

There are husbands who know whate'er time it may be Their wives on the jetty will wait For that Hymeneal argosy, With its matrimonial freight.

From Mr. Punch at the Seaside by Various




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