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mushroom anchor
noun
, Nautical.
- a stockless anchor having a bowlike head, used chiefly for semipermanent moorings.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mushroom anchor1
First recorded in 1835–45
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Example Sentences
The invalid sat on the shank of a mushroom anchor, and smoked his pipe while he affected to superintend the work.
From Project Gutenberg
It was the buoy to which the Cagayan shore end had been fastened, and there was not a little mystery as to how it could have got away from its mushroom anchor.
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