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Nantucket sleigh ride

Noun

Meaning

(idiomatic) An obsolete and dangerous method of whale hunting in which a small boat manned by rowers and a harpooner, or a series of small boats tied together, would be attached to a whale by means of a harpoon and would then be towed by the creature at high speed across the water's surface, until the whale eventually became exhausted.

(idiomatic, by extension) A similar scenario involving a large fish.

Nantucket sleigh-ride (plural Nantucket sleigh-rides)

Alternative form of Nantucket sleigh ride

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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Nantucket sleigh-ride

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