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— Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

…

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whalebone

Part of SpeechnounUsed In Literature ↓

The horny material from the fringed plates of the upper jaw of baleen whales that are used to filter plankton; once used as stays in corsets

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Common Phrases

. whalebonewhales whalebonewhale whalebonecorset whalebonecorsets whalebonestays whalebone
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Synonyms

baleen

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Related Words

whaleswhalebone whalebaleen whaletoothless whalefishbonewhite horsewhalefeed

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