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Definition of Dinghies
1. dinghy [n] - See also: dinghy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dinghies
Literary usage of Dinghies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Real America in Romance by Edwin Markham (1909)
"The dinghies shot off into the darkness, toward the point where the Nina's ...
One Pinzon at least was true; for the men in the dinghies, renegades as they ..."
2. A Supplement to the Imperial Dictionary, English, Technological, and by John Ogilvie (1855)
"The dinghies of Cutch are thirty to fifty feet long, and twenty to one hundred
... The dinghies of Calcutta are small passage-boats for the poorer classes, ..."
3. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1894)
"If cutters, why not steamers; if dinghies, why sailing launches: and why whaleboats,
and not barge boats? ..."
4. The US Virgin Islands Alive! by Harriet Greenberg, Douglas Greenberg (2006)
"Crabby's Watersports: Crabby's on the waterfront in Coral Bay rents dinghies,
kayaks and snorkel gear. They also rent coolers, snorkel vests and water ..."
5. Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing by Dixon Kemp (1884)
"Portable dinghies.—Numerous plans have been suggested for the construction of
portable dinghies for small yachts, the best known perhaps being one adopted ..."
6. Yacht Architecture: A Treatise on the Laws which Govern the Resistance of by Dixon Kemp (1897)
"The dinghies are also larger, and fitted with thwarts for four oars. ... For sea
work the floors of dinghies and cutters should ..."
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