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whitecaps - definition and meaning
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noun whitecap .
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On the black water, the snowy bow wake of the Farley and the ripped combers of the whitecaps were a relief to the eye.
The Whale Warriors Peter Heller 2007
On the black water, the snowy bow wake of the Farley and the ripped combers of the whitecaps were a relief to the eye.
The Whale Warriors Peter Heller 2007
And I told 'em how he went down in the 'Fly Away', and how the lovely ladies -- you remember how we used to call the whitecaps lovely ladies -- fondled him out to sea and on to heaven. "
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
Away ', and how the lovely ladies -- you remember how we used to call the whitecaps lovely ladies -- fondled him out to sea and on to heaven. "
Mrs. Falchion, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
And I told 'em how he went down in the 'Fly Away', and how the lovely ladies -- you remember how we used to call the whitecaps lovely ladies -- fondled him out to sea and on to heaven. "
Mrs. Falchion, Volume 2. Gilbert Parker 1897
Arriving on the island, Andy leads us up to a vantage point where we are greeted by cracking views from the cliffs – out over a deep blue sea, where whitecaps flash like smiles in the distance.
Through the lens: getting close to Welsh wildlife 2011
I was beaten and buffeted, smashed under by the great San Pablo whitecaps , and strangled by the hollow tide-rip waves which flung themselves into my eyes, nose, and mouth.
DEMETRIOS CONTOS 2010
There was a dark figure standing at the prow, hands extended in heartsick longing toward the crashing whitecaps .
Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011
Anyplace but here, this fragile little tube, reaching and screaming over the whitecaps like a proud, dying thing, trying to leap over one last wave and reach land, any land.
Confetti Love Brett Rosenblatt 2011
The whitecaps glistened in the afternoon sunshine.
Olivia V.C.Andrews 2011
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