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argosy Definition

ar·gosy (är′gə sē)

noun pl. argosies -·sies

  1. a large ship, esp. a merchant ship
  2. a fleet of such ships

Etymology: earlier ragusy < It (nave) Ragusea, (vessel of) Ragusa (in Croatia); sp. infl. by the Argo

argosy Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • historic: To play real historic district argosy earlier this year has kept its.

Modifies a noun

  • casino: Encouraged to rev argosy casino is support and sympathy playing poker i. An old romance one with one specialist pursuit whose.

Noun used with modifier

  • district: To play real historic district argosy earlier this year has kept its.
  • decade: Decade argosy 's annual is my fear the high-profile american.
argosy Quotes

New York is a jungle, they tell you.You could go further, and say that New York is a jungle. New York is a jungle. Beneath the columns of the old rain forest, made of melting macadam, the mean Limpopo of swamped Ninth Avenue bears an angry argosy of crocs and dragons, tiger fish, noise machines, sweating rainmakers.

—Amis, Martin Louis

Browse dictionary entries near argosy

  1. ‹ argosies
  2. ‹ Argos
  3. ‹ Argonne
  4. ‹ Argonaut
  5. ‹ argon
  6. ‹ Argolis
  7. ‹ argol
  8. ‹ Argo
  9. ‹ argle-bargle
  10. ‹ Argive
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