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sheet anchor

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sheet anchor
Nautical a large strong anchor for use in emergency


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The righthanded batsman played the sheet anchor but without curbing his stroke play.
LEADING THE WAY by Mail Today (New Delhi, India)
As importantly, the ship's crew use the same texts as the square riggers of old (and the film-makers), such as The Young SeaOfficers Sheet Anchor or a Key to the Setting of Rigging and to PracticalSeamanship, by Darcy Lever.
Sailing back into history; Thanks to Russell Crowe's Hollywood naval ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
The unions have given the party leader a sheet anchor to cling to.
THE TUC IN BRIGHTON: NO TO A DIVORCE by Chief, PAUL ROUTLEDGE / The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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