cape horner
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.02 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "No merchant vessel looks better than an Indiaman, or a Cape Horn-er, after a long voyage; and many captains and mates will stake their reputation for seamanship upon the appearance of their ship when she hauls into the dock."
- "Yet such fellows are by no means uncommon at sea, for one often happens upon a man in a Cape Horner's forecastle whom Nature did not intend should be there."
- "The Morning Light (I) was built as a Cape Horner, in which service she made five voyages and performed creditably considering her sailing chances."
- "I had gone and seen the Norwegian Consul, a man in his sixties, tall and square, who had been a Cape Horner in the days of the sailing ships."
- "I received a message from Sir Chay Blyth congratulating me on becoming a solo Cape Horner and reminding me how few people could claim such a feat in a westabout direction."
- "I bought a gold earring for Barrabas, her badge as a Cape Horner, as a tribute and a thank you."