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Meanings of shipwreck on in English

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Usage of shipwreck on in English
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Apparently, word first came from a shipwreck on the Jourilan coast.
Assail
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I see you going shipwreck on dummy rocks-thewater let in by a penknife.
Balloons
3
The first made shipwreck on the rustic Aimery, and therefore the second burned more fiercely.
The Path of the King
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This last is like a " shipwreck on the coast of Bohemia."
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860 / A Magazin...
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There's danger in the briny deep and shipwreck on the blast, if you come to danger.
In Luck at Last
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Facebook Twitter Pinterest Disaster tourism … a rusty shipwreck on the dried-up seabed of the Aral Sea.
The Guardian
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Before two months had passed came vague rumors of a terrible shipwreck on the coast of Ireland.
Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe / Compiled From Her Letters and Jo...
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The greatest danger to which society is exposed to-day is that of another shipwreck on this rock.
What is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of ...
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His scheme was about to go to shipwreck on this rock, when another idea occurred to him.
The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, and S...
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Five corpses and two human heads have been discovered inside a shipwreck on the coast of Japan.
Radio NZ
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But, in avoiding one rock, we must not, as has already been intimated, make shipwreck on another.
The Young Mother: Management of Children in Regard to Health
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Then Brihtric chased him with the rest, and met with storm and shipwreck on the rugged southern coasts.
King Olaf's Kinsman / A Story of the Last Saxon Struggle against...
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Continued erosion on the Atlantic seaboard has exposed the remains of a shipwreck on the south-west Mayo coastline.
The Irish Times
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To think that she alone of all aboard her steamer should have survived shipwreck on that savage coast!
Out of the Primitive
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It is not good for much else, Daisy; I thought yesterday we should certainly make shipwreck on that reef.
Daisy in the Field
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It is after the midcentury that the great Paulus, having met with shipwreck on Melita, draws near to Rome.
An Easter Disciple: The Chronicle of Quintus, the Roman Knight