Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A toss overboard into the sea: as, give it a sea-toss.
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Examples
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In flight from sea-toss, white with horror's gale,
Freedom, Truth and Beauty Edward Doyle
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“But see here, Stubb, I thought you a little boasted just now, that you meant to give Fedallah a sea-toss, if you got a good chance.
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"But see here, Stubb, I thought you a little boasted just now, that you meant to give Fedallah a sea-toss, if you got a good chance.
Moby Dick, or, the whale Herman Melville 1855
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"But see here, Stubb, I thought you a little boasted just now, that you meant to give Fedallah a sea-toss, if you got a good chance.
Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Herman Melville 1855
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