| 单词 | dunkirk ship |
| 释义 | > as lemmasDunkirk ship a. Designating a privateer or privateer ship operating from the port of Dunkirk, as Dunkirk privateer, Dunkirk ship, etc. See sense 1. Now historical. ΚΠ 1631 Contin. Weekely Intelligence 29 Nov. 9 12. Dunkerk men of warre met them by the way. 1641 Counters Disc. 1 Never did a Dunkirk Frigat watch a Newcastle Collier, nor a jealous wife a wanton husband, nor yet a Cat a poore Mouse, as we looked after desperate debtors. 1761 Scots Mag. Aug. 444/1 The Loup, a Dunkirk privateer, of 12 guns, 8 swivels, and 70 men, taken July 17. off Holy Island, and brought into Yarmouth. 1859 Royal Cornwall Gaz. 22 July 7/3 The famous Dunkirk sailor, John Barth, was elevated, on account of his courage and ability, to the rank of commodore. 1922 Canad. Mag. Aug. 291/1 The Dunkirk squadron, under a noted privateer named Thurot, creating a diversion. 2009 Past & Present Feb. 101 The owners of a Dunkirk privateer, La Thérèse, decided to release the captain. < as lemmas |
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