Definitions
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- noun A maker of
ropes .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a craftsman who makes ropes
Etymologies
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Examples
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John Rice, one of the originals, had the build for it, but he was the ropemaker and therefore unavailable.
Morgan’s Run Colleen McCullough 2000
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John Rice, one of the originals, had the build for it, but he was the ropemaker and therefore unavailable.
Morgan’s Run Colleen McCullough 2000
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It grips it between its claws like a wrestler clutching his opponent, and with head and feet together rolls up its paste like a ropemaker twisting a hawser.
The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 446? BC-385? BC Aristophanes
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Shakespear, son of John of Shadwell, ropemaker, was apprenticed to John
Shakespeare's Family 1885
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Victor, the carpenter, ropemaker, and general roustabout had performed his part.
Voyage of the Liberdade Joshua Slocum 1877
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Henry Martyn had written that the only Christian in the city who understood his evangelical sermon was a ropemaker just arrived from
Life of William Carey George Smith 1876
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Two were sailors from ships lying in the harbour, and they, together with the remaining victim, a ropemaker, had been actively engaged in the affray.
The War of Independence John Fiske 1871
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"The wind can never have overturned this heavy mass of limestone," said a ropemaker: "And see how far it stands from the broken ground."
The Emperor — Volume 10 Georg Ebers 1867
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"The wind can never have overturned this heavy mass of limestone," said a ropemaker: "And see how far it stands from the broken ground."
The Emperor — Volume 10 Georg Ebers 1867
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"The wind can never have overturned this heavy mass of limestone," said a ropemaker: "And see how far it stands from the broken ground."
The Emperor — Volume 10 Georg Ebers 1867
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