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Gulliver’s Travels vocabulary

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man-of-war: tags: [nautical]

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Definition:

A government vessel employed for the purposes of war, esp. one of large size;

Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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They were walled and floored from end to end with tiles and marble, which enabled them to be washed down every morning like the deck of a man-of-war.

Arnold Bennett. The Grand Babylon Hôtel (1902)

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The seamen threw me the end of the cord, which I fastened to a hole in the fore-part of the boat, and the other end to a man of war; but I found all my labour to little purpose; for, being out of my depth, I was not able to work.

Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Regions of the World (1726)

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When he felt that steel in his high behind he came on like Man o’ War going to get his ashes hauled!

Ralph Ellison. The Invisible Man - intro (1981)