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sinking ships

sinking ships is the plural of sinking ship.

Meaning of sinking ship

Noun

sinking ship (plural sinking ships)

  1. (idiomatic) Something which is doomed; an impending debacle; an ongoing disaster.
    • He said that […] Bella had been perfectly right to leave him, because he was a sinking ship, and deserved to be turned out penniless into the world.1910, Mary Roberts Rinehart, chapter 2, in When a Man Marries
    Synonyms:
    lost cause

Questions about sinking ships

What is sinking ships the plural of?
Sinking ships is the plural of sinking ship.

Words near sinking ships in the dictionary

  1. sinking funds
  2. sinking heart
  3. sinking in
  4. sinking or swimming
  5. sinking ship
  6. sinking ships
  7. sinkings
  8. Sinkinson
  9. Sinkler
  10. Sinklers
  11. sinkless

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