coattails
Example Sentences
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He outsails me a little on all tacks, unless it be in very heavy weather, when I have a trifling advantage over him.
From The Sea Lions The Lost Sealers by Cooper, James Fenimore
“The fellow is hugging the wind instead of running down to us; and as he completely outsails us, it is a proof that he does not wish to close.”
From The Ruined Cities of Zululand by Walmsley, Hugh Mulleneux
She has modelled the wave-slicing clipper which outsails all your argosies and armadas.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863 by Various
He outsails me in most weathers, and it is a thing easier said than done.
From The Sea Lions The Lost Sealers by Cooper, James Fenimore
To avoid her will be easy, I should think; the Avenger outsails everything.'
From The Pirate, and The Three Cutters by Sullivan, Edmund J. (Edmund Joseph)
