q-ship
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Definitions
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- : an armed combat ship disguised as a merchant vessel to attract submarines within attack range.
Examples
After the captain made the call to abandon ship, 150 people were able to escape on lifeboats lowered by electronic arms.
Nerd Cruise By Adam Rogers, Wired What 800 Nerds on a Cruise Ship Taught Me About Life, the Universe, and Snorkeling.
There was one bathroom on the ship, and there were no showers or beds.
Two years into an Arctic expedition, they were forced to abandon ship a thousand miles north of Siberia.
Q: What was your sensation when they were pouring water... what did you physically feel?
A wise man hateth not the commandments and justices, and he shall not be dashed in pieces as a ship in a storm.
The president sat in a chair which came over with the pilgrims in their ship, the Mayflower.
Q was a Queen, who wore a silk slip; R was a Robber, and wanted a whip.
It was more like the boarding of a ship than any land fight I had ever seen or imagined.
My orders ought to have been taken before a single unwounded Officer or man was ferried back aboard ship.