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Definition of Marlinespikes
1. marlinespike [n] - See also: marlinespike
Lexicographical Neighbors of Marlinespikes
Literary usage of Marlinespikes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Confessions of an English Opium-eater by Thomas De Quincey (1913)
"I can put up even with rain, provided that it rains cats and dogs, or, as sailors
say, ' great guns and marlinespikes'; but something of the sort I must ..."
2. History of the United Netherlands, from the Death of William the Silent to by John Lothrop Motley (1900)
"... and stones and marlinespikes across the ice, which the bears would instantly
turn and pursue, like dogs at play with children, that the assault could be ..."
3. Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1861)
"... learn the horrible lesson, and by the time ho has strength to use marlinespikes
and knuckle-dusters he will be too bad for anything but the gallows. ..."
4. The Naturalist in Vancouver Island and British Columbia by John Keast Lord (1866)
"The next morning, again under weigh at 6 AM, raining, as the captain said, '
marlinespikes,' we steamed past a group of islands, behind which is ..."
5. The Musical World (1875)
"Hurrah! till cruel Kate forbids I'll dwell 'mid marlinespikes and fids, And
dissipate all thoughts of gloom With ..."
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