It's the literary equivalent of a three-decker novel. From Wordnik.com. [Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President] Reference
Rodney, with his flag flying in a tall three-decker, the. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima] Reference
With his old three-decker he boldly rammed the "Re di Portogallo.". From Wordnik.com. [Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima] Reference
Another flagship, the three-decker "Santa Ana," carrying the flag of. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima] Reference
Nine ships behind the Pucelle another three-decker swung to starboard. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Trafalgar]
And the rushing battle-bolt sang from the three-decker out of the foam. From Wordnik.com. [Lyra Heroica A Book of Verse for Boys] Reference
He pointed out the Dreadnought to Sharpe, who saw another three-decker. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Trafalgar]
The thief vaulted a low picket fence and disappeared behind a three-decker. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]
French three-decker of the old type, moored higher up, serves as an hospital. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Chersonese and the way thither] Reference
After she cleared us another Spanish three-decker drifted nearly on board of us. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor of King George] Reference
Would you like arsenic sauce with your three-decker sauerkraut and toadstool sandwich?. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Ad: Happy Holidays, Primary States] Reference
Spanish sail of the line, one of them a three-decker, had been seen on the coast of Portugal. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 2] Reference
Annie had lived with her Polish grandmother in another dingy three-decker on the next corner. From Wordnik.com. [Lipstick in Afghanistan] Reference
I say, old three-decker in or'nary, we all wants one o 'your close-laid yarns this good night. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, August 1850 of Literature, Science and Art.] Reference
The great three-decker battleships, the smart sailing frigates, were the main strength of navies. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima] Reference
And the market, especially towards the end of the century, was for what are known as three-decker novels. From Wordnik.com. [December 2004] Reference
The three-decker ferry was just coming abreast of the breakwater, the sun washing its port flank with light. From Wordnik.com. [Lauren]
The huge three-decker Sky Queen, a completely equipped flying laboratory, had been Tom's first major invention. From Wordnik.com. [Golden State] Reference
The old oak pews were still in use, as were the galleries and the old "three-decker" pulpits, with sounding-boards overhead. From Wordnik.com. [From John O'Groats to Land's End] Reference
Von Petz's flagship, the old three-decker "Kaiser," towering amid the battle-smoke, attracted the attention of Persano in the. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima] Reference
A vice-admiral, in a three-decker, led them, and was reaching up to the Victory just as she had come up to tack in her station. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844] Reference
The English ships were all seventy-fours; the French had three eighty-gun ships, and one three-decker of one hundred and twenty. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson]
The two alternatives that presented themselves to his unshaken mind, were to quit the prize, or instantly board the three-decker. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 1] Reference
Was it the low sandy shores of Egypt that he saw, reddened by the flames of a huge three-decker, aboard of which the boy Casabianca. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's Young People, March 9, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly] Reference
Excellent arrived in her proper station to open on this ship, the three-decker dropped astern aboard of, and became entangled with, a. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 1] Reference
"Ah, " he exclaimed, staring at the leading British ship, a three-decker with ornate giltwork climbing and wreathing her massive stern. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Trafalgar]
There's a boy, we pretend, with a three-decker brain. From Wordnik.com. [The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 05: Poems of the Class of '29(1851-1889)] Reference
Almighty that was like the bow anchor of a three-decker. From Wordnik.com. [The Poet at the Breakfast-Table] Reference
We were, for above an hour, opposed to a three-decker, the. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, Vol. I] Reference
Within a year, they bought their own Somerville three-decker. From Wordnik.com. [Boston.com Top Stories] Reference
Steve: Hi Barbara, The three-decker at 320 Millbury Street looks very familiar. From Wordnik.com. [Steve's Genealogy Blog] Reference
Among their ships we saw also a three-decker, whose main topmast fell by the board. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez. Vol II] Reference
Serve your apprenticeship in the Lord's three-decker; then to command what you may. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete] Reference
The first three-decker in the English navy was launched in the year of Blake's death, 1657. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Sea Power] Reference
Republic will not some morning anchor his three-decker in front, and open fire on us; but nothing else can happen. From Wordnik.com. [Saunterings] Reference
Two years ago, at around the same time, Sameski pulled two young girls from a burning three-decker on Blue Hill Avenue. From Wordnik.com. [Boston.com Top Stories] Reference
Away with falsehood and swagger and superciliousness; why, the three-decker is not built that would hold you with all this luggage. From Wordnik.com. [Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01] Reference
French Admiral of the Republic will not some morning anchor his three-decker in front, and open fire on us; but nothing else can happen. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner] Reference
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