1) Faraway island 2) Former whaling center 3) Island 4) Massachusetts island 5) Massachusetts sound 6) Noted whaling port, once 7) Paddle steamer 8) Whaler home port
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[ship] The Nantucket was a 350-ton whaler built in Nantucket, Massachusetts in 1837. First master, David N. Edwards, 1837-40 (left ship, replaced by F. C. Sanford), then: George Washington Gardner, 1841–45; Benjamin C. Gardner, 1845–50; Richard C. Gibbs 1850-54 (rescued Captain John Deblois and his crew two days after the ship Ann Alexa...
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[steamboat] The Nantucket was a sidewheel steamer operating as a ferry serving the islands of Martha`s Vineyard and Nantucket during the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century. On the Vineyard it docked at Cottage City (later Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts), Vineyard Haven, and the West Chop Wharf. The Nantucket...
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Far Away Light, sound island, town and light in Massachusetts.
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island in the Atlantic Ocean, about 30 miles (48 km) south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, U.S., across Nantucket Sound. It is separated from Martha`s ... [1 related articles]
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Nantucket was 1970's London Cockney rhyming slang for bucket.
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[
n] - an island resort off Cape Cod
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noun an island resort off Cape Cod; formerly a center of the whaling industry
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Resort island and county in southeast Massachusetts, USA, 40 km/25 mi south of Cape Cod across Nantucket Sound; population (2000 est) 9,500. Extending over 120 sq km/46 sq mi, its beaches have made it a popular summer vacation area. The island was explored by the English in 1602, settled in 1659 by Quaker and Presbyterian families, and ...
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an island off SE Massachusetts: summer resort. 5087; 15 mi. (24 km) long.
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