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Flores Sea

American  
[flawr-is see, -eez, flohr-] / ˈflɔr ɪs ˈsi, -iz, ˈfloʊr- /

noun

  1. a sea between Sulawesi and the Lesser Sunda Islands. About 180 miles (290 km) wide.


Flores Sea British  

noun

  1. a part of the Pacific Ocean in Indonesia between Celebes and the Lesser Sunda Islands

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So far, "greasy" luck had attended the Policy for she had taken sixteen more sperm whales, the last of which was killed in about 8� S. and 120� E., in the Flores Sea.

From Foster's Letter Of Marque A Tale Of Old Sydney - 1901 by Becke, Louis

Then he showed up in the Flores Sea, an' for a year the fishers didn't dare visit the pearlin' beds.

From The Pirate Shark by Arting, Fred J.