buccaneer
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In “Jaws,” Quint the buccaneer is devoured by the shark, along with one of the oxygen tanks Professor Hooper insisted on bringing on the boat.
From Washington Times • May 8, 2023
With comparable deftness, Kelly A. Harmon’s “Trumpets of Freedom” reassembles characters from “The Lighthouse at the End of the World,” then adds steampunk robots and that aeronautical buccaneer, Robur the Conqueror.
From Washington Post • Feb. 24, 2023
After the Sex Pistols split, the two held their first catwalk show in 1981, presenting a "new romantic" look of African-style patterns, buccaneer trousers and sashes.
From Reuters • Dec. 29, 2022
In the case of this droll comedy about a wealthy 18th-century gentleman turned bungling buccaneer, that requires visualizing many different feelings.
From Salon • Dec. 29, 2022
“Your ancestor, Dog Breath, stole it in a mutiny from the real captain of the ship—my ancestor, the brave buccaneer Angel Vengador Leones!”
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
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