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battleship

A very large foot or shoe. Typically used in the plural. I bet that store doesn't have shoes big enough for your battleships!

enough (something) to sink a (battle)ship

Referring to a very large quantity of something. Over the years, we've accumulated enough Christmas decorations to sink a ship. Where are we going to put them all?

enough to sink a ship

Also, enough to sink a battleship. A more than sufficient amount, as in They brought enough food to sink a ship. [Colloquial; mid-1900s]

gunboats

and battleships

n. big feet; big shoes. Get those battleships off my sofa! Hasn’t he got the biggest gunboats you ever saw?

battleships

verb

See gunboats

See also: battleship

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One torpedo struck the mighty battleship in the rudders -- her Achilles' heel -- and jammed them.

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While America, Britain, France, and Italy continued to operate battleships after the Second World War, the design and construction costs of battleships proved exorbitant in relation to their utility in the era of the aircraft carrier.

The Battleship Holiday: The Naval Treaties and Capital Ship Design

Nearly 20 American naval vessels were destroyed in the attack, including eight massive battleships. More than 300 airplanes were also lost.

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Some of the men trapped inside the capsized Oklahoma were able to be rescued when crews cut open sections of the bottom of the battleship to reach the trapped sailors.

A (frightening) bird's eye view

This supreme manufacturing achievement, and the fact that most of the firms who made it possible have now gone, is the focus of Ian Buxton's book The Battleship Builders, written with co-author Ian Johnston, from Seaforth Publishing.

The race to build the battleships that would win Britain the war

-Var of Russian Battleship during its passage from Bosphorus

Russian Battleship passes through y-stanbul's Bosphorus

It is fashionable in small naval circles to say that the age of the battleship is over, having been superseded by the aircraft carrier.

Save money and get a big ship

The battleship is known for its role in some of the biggest battles during World Wars I and II.

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Allen, and his research team will broadcast a live-stream tour of the wreckage of the Japanese battleship Musashi, one of the most renowned and technologically advanced battleships in history.

Tour the Musashi wreckage, live!

MANILA (TAP) - Paul Allen, the joint-founder of Microsoft, has announced the discovery of Japan 's World War II Musashi battleship. The wreck of the Musashi is claimed to have been located off the Philippines , more than 70 years after it was sunk in the decisive Battle of Leyte Gulf.

Wreck of battleship Musashi found off Philippines

10, Wilmington: Hidden Battleship. Behind-the-scenes tour of unrestored areas of the battleship USS North Carolina (BB-55), plus an information session from the Azalea Coast Radio Club about its work on the ship's radio transmitters.

WWII events

Malcolm Byrne, a retired Navy lieutenant had a self-made wooden boat, being built up in stages throughout his talk until a replica Dreadnought battleship was on view.

North heritage; Club reports

The Pacifica Battleship Center, a non-profit preservation society, raised about $9 million to move and restore the ship.

Second World War US battleship makes historic final voyage

The actress, 25, joked that her Battleship co-star is more intimidating than the extraterrestrial creatures her character encounters in the sci-fi action movie.