ocean greyhound
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Globe-girdler Bly, bloomered and veiled, sailed from Hoboken, N. J. on a bow-spritted ocean greyhound, completed her stint in 72� days.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Yes; but a nail in the pilot-house will draw the needle and drive the mightiest ocean greyhound on the rocks with the captain at the wheel dead sure of his course."
From The One Woman by Dixon, Thomas
Think of that, you who disdain to cross the water in anything but an ocean greyhound!
From Le Petit Nord or, Annals of a Labrador Harbour by Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, Sir
A flock that has followed an ocean greyhound all day will settle down to sleep at night "bedded" on the rolling water like ducks while "rocked in the cradle of the deep."
From Birds Every Child Should Know by Blanchan, Neltje
Another great ocean greyhound, of the Hamburg-American line, neared them at Norton Point.
From Atlantis by Seltzer, Adele Szold
