clipper
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Mary Ann Patten is 19—petite, pretty and pregnant—when her husband, the captain of Neptune’s Car, the clipper ship she’s on, is struck down by disease and delirium from the tuberculosis that will ultimately kill him.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025
It took weeks to get a nail clipper, said one man, for their unit of dozens of men.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2025
He described himself as a "spiritual nomad", exploring paths through yoga, Buddhism, and Christian mysticism, and learned from the Dalai Lama - whom he gifted a tartan-pouched hair clipper in 1988.
From BBC • Jul. 15, 2025
At a time when cruise lines are packing their ever-more-gargantuan ships with water parks and basketball courts, the 136-passenger Sea Cloud Spirit, with its old-fashioned clipper design and wooden decks, stands out.
From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2024
“You ever wonder what it would be like to ride a clipper? Get out on one of those things?”
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
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