ocean greyhound
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Globe-girdler Bly, bloomered and veiled, sailed from Hoboken, N. J. on a bow-spritted ocean greyhound, completed her stint in 72� days.
From Time Magazine Archive
Steadily the ocean greyhound plowed its way through the dark swells of the Atlantic.
From Sons and Fathers by Edwards, Harry Stillwell
At last, after æons of suffering which reminded him of nothing so much as his initiation into the college fraternity, he felt himself being dragged up the side of the great ocean greyhound.
From The Ghost Breaker A Novel Based Upon the Play by Goddard, Charles
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 Burnett, Frances Hodgson
The impression that the surprising presence of the ocean greyhound made upon Frederick was in a fortissimo scale.
From Atlantis by Seltzer, Adele Szold
