pirate ship

collocation in English

meaningsofpirateandship

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pirate
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpaɪ.rət/us
/ˈpaɪr.ət/
a person who sails in a ship and attacks other ships in order to steal ...
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ship
noun[C]
uk
/ʃɪp/us
/ʃɪp/
a large boat for travelling on water, especially across ...
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(Definition ofpirateandshipfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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When the prisoner jumps off the plank of thepirateship, is the act of leaving on his own initiative?
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These have now ceased as thepirateshiphas stopped transmitting and left our coast.
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I accept that there is probably not enough advertising for more than onepirateshipor so to operate.
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Stefani is first shown below the deck of apirateship, dancing on a table and singing to the song.
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The cannon fire hits thepirateshipwhile the family rejoices.
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The third area features artifacts retrieved from apirateshipwreck.
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There are generators for everything from spells andpirateshipnames, to entire story plots and characters.
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She pulls the string and it inflates into an inflatedpirateship.
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Another character, an animatronic parrot, appears in some scenes on thepirateship.
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There, they are quickly accosted by the hostile natives and taken aboard a sail-driven vehicle resembling apirateshipon rails.
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He enlisted as crew in a fishing boat which turned out to be apirateship.
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Travel between islands is done with the player'spirateship.
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The stage is apirateshipwith the bandmembers dressed in pirate costume.
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The fairies guarded the boat until it fell in with apirateship.
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Young boys or men on apirateshipwere often servants known as cabin boys.
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In the process, they run afoul apirateshipand are taken prisoners.
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