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Definition: Flying Dutchman |
Flying DutchmanNoun1. The captain of a phantom ship (the Flying Dutchman) who was condemned to sail against the wind until Judgment Day. 2. A phantom ship that is said to appear in storms near the Cape of Good Hope. 3. A spectral ship said to be seen in storms, especially off the Cape of Good Hope. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Food & Agriculture | In high-lead cable logging, a stout snatch block through which the main line runs, and which, anchored by a cable or strap, keeps the main line pulled out of straight so as to clear obstacles. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Flying Dutchman A spectral ship, seen in stormy weather off the Cape of Good Hope, and considered ominous of ill-luck. Sir Walter Scott says she was originally a vessel laden with precious metal, but a horrible murder having been committed on board, the plague broke out among the crew, and no port would allow the vessel to enter. The ill-fated ship still wanders about like a ghost, doomed to be sea-tossed, but never more to enjoy rest. Captain Marryat has a novel called The Phantom Ship. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Imagination | Flying Dutchman, great sea serpent, man in the moon, castle in the air, pipe dream, pie-in-the-sky, chateau en Espagne; Utopia, Atlantis, happy valley, millennium, fairyland; land of Prester John, kindgom of Micomicon; work of fiction; (novel); Arabian nights; le pot au lait; dream of Alnashar; (hope). |
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Crosswords: Flying Dutchman |
| English words defined with "Flying Dutchman": Phantom ship. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951) The Flying Dutchman (1923) | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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flying dutchman | 190 |
spongebob squarepants revenge of the flying dutchman | 40 |
revenge of the flying dutchman | 18 |
flying dutchman seed | 4 |
pandora and the flying dutchman | 3 |
ps2 spongebob squarepants revenge of the flying dutchman | 2 |
castaway of the flying dutchman | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "Flying Dutchman"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | flying Dutchman. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Vliegende Hollander. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | flying dutchman. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Flying-Dutchman. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σταθερή τροχαλία μηχανισμού μετατοπίσεως ξυλείας διά συρματοσχοίνου. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | london-exeteri gyorsvonat, bolygó hollandi, árnyhajó. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | olandese volante. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | yingflay utchmanday 'holandês voador'. (various references) Летучий голландец. (various references) polea de ángulo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-f-g-h-i-l-m-n-n-t-u-y" | |
-4 letters: dauntingly, hauntingly, unfadingly, unlatching. | |
-5 letters: chaunting, culminant, damningly, flaunting, fulminant, inhumanly, launching, mundanity, naughtily, undynamic, unhandily. | |
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