ocean greyhound

noun

1. a fast ship, esp a liner

Example Sentences

It was a perfect day at sea, and so thought the passengers on board the swift ocean greyhound that plowed its way through the quiet waters of the Pacific.

From Project Gutenberg

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."

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Steadily the ocean greyhound plowed its way through the dark swells of the Atlantic.

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One of these affairs came into my experience a decade ago, when, crossing the Atlantic Ocean on that high-rolling ocean greyhound, the Lucania, I was drafted by an overzealous committee of arrangements to preside over one of those impromptu entertainments got up on shipboard for the benefit of the widows and orphans of those who go down into the sea in ships.

From Project Gutenberg

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

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