How to use Nantucket in a sentence
His great grandfather sailed from Cape Verde and was involved in the whaling industry of Nantucket Island, Mass.
But colorful versions of Nantucket Reds are, politically, a risky choice.
Anthony Weiner Is Now Wearing Colorful Pants on the Mayoral Campaign Trail | Isabel Wilkinson | June 28, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Nantucket emergency preparedness council is meeting after hours.
Hurricane Season Is Starting, and Projections Are Higher Than Average | Eliza Shapiro | May 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIn a devastating ad, footage of Kerry riding the breeze of Nantucket was juxtaposed with hits on his alleged “flip-flopping.”
Santorum’s Audi and Other Political Transportation Follies | Ben Jacobs | February 18, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTMark Madoff lived a high-end lifestyle with homes in Manhattan, Nantucket, and Greenwich, Connecticut.
The Nantucket was a small side-wheel steamer of light draft, and we were able to run in and out over the bar at will.
The Boys of '61 | Charles Carleton Coffin.Is Nantucket a corruption of that word, or was that word the result of a struggle to master the Indian name?
Myths And Legends Of Our Own Land, Complete | Charles M. SkinnerAs he writes from Nantucket, Massachusetts, we shall expect some fine marine pictures from him for the coming contest.
Harper's Round Table, October 1, 1895 | VariousNow, there's old Nantucket, for instance, once the most noted whaling center of America.
Step Lively! | George NibloAnd go home and turn in they did, but not without protestation from the pair who had yet to meet the woman from Nantucket.
Cap'n Eri | Joseph Crosby Lincoln
British Dictionary definitions for Nantucket
/ (nænˈtʌkɪt) /
an island off SE Massachusetts: formerly a centre of the whaling industry; now a resort. Length: nearly 24 km (15 miles). Width: 5 km (3 miles). Pop (county and town): 10 724 (2003 est)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for Nantucket
Resort island off Cape Cod in Massachusetts.
Notes for Nantucket
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