signal rocket
Example Sentences
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“Stand by there!” shouted ‘old Hankey Pankey’ to Adams, who had our return signal rocket all ready, slung on to a handspike for a stick.
From Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy by Greene, John B.
From the bridge a signal rocket soared, hissing.
From The False Faces Further Adventures from the History of the Lone Wolf by Vance, Louis Joseph
But that only decided me the more to go on; and as the signal rocket was fired, the word was given, and on we went.
From Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I by Lever, Charles James
A signal rocket tore aloft to tell the tale of desperate peril.
From A Wounded Name by King, Charles
Small had charge of the signal rocket, which the captain had, however, determined not to let off, unless they were first discovered by the pirates.
From The Pirate of the Mediterranean A Tale of the Sea by Tilney, F.C.
