A square rigger. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
"Well," the rigger said, with a shake of his head. From Wordnik.com. [The Wizard Of Karres]
Mr. Owen is an FAA, certified senior parachute rigger. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 26, 2007] Reference
The fellow certainly didn't have the look of an oil rigger. From Wordnik.com. [Ice Hunt]
Controversy surrounds social media rigger Subvert and Profit. From Wordnik.com. [Next Target for Subvert and Profit: StumbleUpon] Reference
In a couple of days the ice-rigger was bulging with supplies. From Wordnik.com. [The Deluge Drivers]
And I saw a fast full-rigger with her swelling canvas spread. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 4th, 1920] Reference
"He didn't have nothing to do with it, boss," the rigger said. From Wordnik.com. [The Wizard Of Karres]
"We can use my rigger until your kayak is fixed," Maeta added. From Wordnik.com. [Through The Eye Of A Needle]
But no thimble-rigger had a keener eye for the cents than Fawcett. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863] Reference
Notes: The Maria Asumpta was the oldest square rigger still sailing. From Wordnik.com. [The Lady Maria] Reference
I coulda been a rigger or a tube monkey, but I didn't have the math. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
"I thought you liked it when I held your rigger ...." previous - next. From Wordnik.com. [cacatherine Diary Entry] Reference
Kharl looked at the hatchway, where Dasket, a rigger he hardly knew, stood. From Wordnik.com. [Wellspring of Chaos]
It's the stevedores and rigger-men on Long Island -- reg'lar New York roughs. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876] Reference
It really was a bit more drama and the reality of life aboard a square-rigger. From Wordnik.com. [badger Diary Entry] Reference
I can't head straight for the beach, but even so the rigger will be upwind now. From Wordnik.com. [Through The Eye Of A Needle]
I was a high rigger, the most dangerous work they had to offer, but I didn't care. From Wordnik.com. [Gabriel's Lady]
It was mid-afternoon when they reached the out rigger on North Beach and embarked. From Wordnik.com. [Through The Eye Of A Needle]
(I found oil rigger guy Jeremy Michael Sarver to be better the second time around.). From Wordnik.com. [Michael Giltz: American Idol -- Hollywood Week Ratings Down But Strong] Reference
A different and very buoyant timber, according to him, was used for the out-rigger. From Wordnik.com. [The Confessions of a Beachcomber] Reference
Coming up next, what happens when a pinkie-less oil rigger takes Nashville by storm?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 16, 2007] Reference
OpEdNews - Article: The suspicious, disturbing death of election rigger Michael Connell. From Wordnik.com. [The suspicious, disturbing death of election rigger Michael Connell] Reference
In 1851, he moved to Charleston, worked as a rigger, and thereafter led a seafaring life. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922] Reference
You have to be an engineer, a rigger, sailmaker, a software engineer, a cook, a doctor. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Special Event: Sailing Sensation Ellen MacArthur Discusses Voyage Around the Globe - February 15, 2001] Reference
The lights go in an hour after the rigger because lights take longer to put up than sound. From Wordnik.com. [Willie]
A square rigger seen on the horizon roused momentary excitement, but she was not the Daring. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower In The West Indies]
Seeing a light, we went down, and found only an old rigger there, wrapped in a tattered pea-jacket. From Wordnik.com. [Moby Dick; or the Whale] Reference
The suspicious, disturbing death of election rigger Michael Connell by Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman. From Wordnik.com. [The suspicious, disturbing death of election rigger Michael Connell] Reference
Fishing operations include both small-scale fishermen in out-rigger craft and industrial style purse seiners. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 2] Reference
Someone who quit school in the tenth grade and went over to World War II, parachute rigger on a B-24 Liberator. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 18, 2005] Reference
Mr. Reville, a union steward, has worked as a bottler, a rigger and a power-station operator, among other jobs. From Wordnik.com. [Ireland's Boom Falls Hard in Global Crisis] Reference
The maintenance, medical, security, and rigger elements are those most likely to continue providing support OCONUS. From Wordnik.com. [FM 7-85 Chapter 8 Combat Service Support]
There is no reason to expect this to actually be a debate, just a rigger show intending to elevate the fallen Rove. From Wordnik.com. [Max Cleland Set To Debate Karl Rove] Reference
No victim of the thimble-rigger's trickery was ever more completely taken in than we were by the contrivance of the ingenious. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863] Reference
In one thread someone asked where the rigger was because his store had closed, and a reply was posted, "Oh, he moved across the bay.". From Wordnik.com. [Is 'Friending' in Your Future? Better Pay Your Taxes First] Reference
For example, a dancer will check herself and then she will check her partner, and then the rigger will come by and do the third check. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 12, 2003] Reference
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