argosy
Example Sentences
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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
With this statement I climb down the pilot's ladder to an argosy of dreams.
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
Thither the flotilla set sail, but before reaching the Greek shore, an unexpected and unseasonable tempest scattered Guiscard’s argosy, destroying many of the ships and drowning many crews.
From The Naples Riviera by Vaughan, Herbert M. (Herbert Millingchamp)
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
