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comber

[koh-mer] / ˈkoʊ mər /


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One comber smashed a port in the Hoovers' quarters in the fantail stern, flooding their dining room.

From Time Magazine Archive

Charlie Wilson, first in the unfamiliar world of sales, then back in the world of production, rode the rising comber of G.E. appliances.

From Time Magazine Archive

The image is gripping: Mikhail Gorbachev as the daring surfer, nimbly sliding across a wave, vanishing into the spume, only to reappear, confidently using the giant comber looming over him to increase his speed.

From Time Magazine Archive

His spinnaker ballooning firm and white, Sturrock caught a great, wind-driven wave under his stern and rode it like a surfboarder on a Pacific comber.

From Time Magazine Archive

I clambered fore and aft my hulk until a comber split her, keel from ribs, and the big timber floated free; the mast, too, broke away.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer




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