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starbowlines

starbowlines is the plural of starbowline.

Meaning of starbowline

Noun

starbowline (plural starbowlines)

  1. (obsolete) Any of the men in the starboard watch.
    • So, so, (thrusts his head down the scuttle,) Star-bo-l-e-e-n-s, a-h-o-y! Eight bells there below! Tumble up!1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 40”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC

Questions about starbowlines

What is starbowlines the plural of?
Starbowlines is the plural of starbowline.

Words near starbowlines in the dictionary

  1. starbolin
  2. starbolins
  3. Starbotton
  4. starbound
  5. starbowline
  6. starbowlines
  7. starboy
  8. starboys
  9. Starbuck
  10. Starbucks
  11. Starbuckses

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