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Examples
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Beltaire has a private motor-launch, and I suspect he will be reasonable about my use of it if I want to visit the city after dark.
red dust Ryn Cricket 2010
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When he rose on a wave he caught sight of a big motor-launch.
Spell of Magic – Part 12 « Official Harry Harrison News Blog 2008
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If I leave now, I can borrow the motor-launch and be in Pacifica in an hour I can have the men drop me in the shallows, then anchor the launch just below the cliffs, and I can take the path up from the beach.
red dust Ryn Cricket 2010
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When he rose on a wave he caught sight of a big motor-launch.
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Helena, as they looked out, became aware of a small motor-launch heading across their course towards a yacht whose tall masts were drawn clean on the sky.
The Trespasser 2003
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Before I knew where I was somebody would be coming off from Falmouth in a motor-launch to have a look at me.
Marazan Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1951
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There it would be transferred to the motor-launch and taken to Marazan in the early part of the night, to meet the machine.
Marazan Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1951
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From the direction of Chippewa Bay appeared a chugging motor-launch that came directly to the dock.
Ruth Fielding on the St. Lawrence The Queer Old Man of the Thousand Islands Alice B. Emerson
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"If we had a boat -- even a canoe -- we could follow that motor-launch and see if those pirates make a landing."
Ruth Fielding on the St. Lawrence The Queer Old Man of the Thousand Islands Alice B. Emerson
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The motor-launch sped off to the jetty where they all landed.
The Ship of Adventure Blyton, Enid 1950
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